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  1. 燕 is the 1703rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> 廿 (two hands/twenty), (N/A), (mouth), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan1 - Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning/north Hebei/the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)/surname Yan
  2. yan4 - swallow (family Hirundinidae)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
燕子 

Medium Frequency

孙燕姿 (孫燕姿)
燕京 
燕山 
燕窝 (燕窩)
燕雀 
燕麦 (燕麥)
燕麦粥 (燕麥粥)

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Meta:

  1. 麥 is the 1169th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (wheat)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mai4 - surname Mai
  2. mai4 - wheat/barley/oats

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麥 (mai4): The component 來 is pronounced as 'lai2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 麥 (mai4): The component 麥 is pronounced as 'mai4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Medium Frequency

丹麦 (丹麥)
全麦 (全麥)
大麦 (大麥)
小麦 (小麥)
油麦 (油麥)
烧麦 (燒麥)
燕麦 (燕麥)
燕麦粥 (燕麥粥)
耳麦 (耳麥)
荞麦 (蕎麥)
麦克 (麥克)
麦克风 (麥克風)
麦子 (麥子)
麦德龙 (麥德龍)
麦片 (麥片)
麦当娜 (麥當娜)
麦芽 (麥芽)
麦芽糖 (麥芽糖)
麦迪逊 (麥迪遜)
麦霸 (麥霸)

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Meta:

  1. 粥 is the 3015th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (rice)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - see 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
  2. zhou1 - congee/gruel/porridge/CL:碗[wan3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

米粥 

Medium Frequency

燕麦粥 (燕麥粥)
稀粥 
 
腊八粥 (臘八粥)

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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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