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  1. 牛 is the 1016th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. appears as a component in 78 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (cow)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Niu2 - surname Niu
  2. niu2 - ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]/(slang) awesome

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 牛 (niu2): The component 牛 is pronounced as 'niu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
牛奶 
金牛 
金牛座 

Medium Frequency

伏牛山 
公牛 
吹牛 
奶牛 
斗牛 
牛仔 
牛仔裤 (牛仔褲)
牛排 
牛皮 
牛肉 
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
牛腩 
牛蛙 
牛逼 
牛郎 
蒙牛 (矇牛)
蜗牛 (蝸牛)
黄牛 (黃牛)

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Meta:

  1. 奶 is the 1276th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (N/A), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nai3 - breast/lady/milk

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奶 (nai3): The component 乃 is pronounced as 'nai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奶 (nai3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'nu:3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

奶奶 
牛奶 

Medium Frequency

二奶 
吃奶 
喂奶 
奶油 
奶牛 
奶瓶 
奶粉 
奶茶 
奶酪 
洗面奶 
酸奶 
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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