1. 比
  2. 起

比

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  1. 比 is the 199th most frequent character.
  2. 比 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 比 appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. 比 appears as a component in 62 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
比 => 匕
Radical :
比 => 比 (compare/compete)
Graphical :
比 => 比

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bi3 - Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  2. bi3 - (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio
  3. bi4 - to associate with/to be near

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi3): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 比 (bi4): The component 比 is pronounced as 'bi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

比 

Medium Frequency

好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
比例 
比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比起 
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

Appears In:

比 also appears in:
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起

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Meta:

  1. 起 is the 75th most frequent character.
  2. 起 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 起 appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. 起 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
起 => 走, 己
Radical :
起 => 走 (run), 己 (oneself)
Graphical :
起 => 一, 丨, 一, 龰, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi3 - to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 起 (qi3): The component 己 is pronounced as 'ji3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一起 
发起 (發起)
起 
起来 (起來)
起床 

Medium Frequency

了不起 
升起 
在一起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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