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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.
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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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  1. 肉 is the 1007th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 94 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. rou4 - meat/flesh/pulp (of a fruit)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 肉 (rou4): The component 肉 is pronounced as 'rou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

五花肉 
果肉 
烤肉 
牛肉 
牛肉干 (牛肉乾)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
狗肉 
瘦肉 
瘦肉精 
羊肉 
羊肉串 
肉丸 
肉末 
肉片 
肉丝 (肉絲)
肉类 (肉類)
肉食 
肉饼 (肉餅)
肉馅 (肉餡)
肉体 (肉體)
肉松 (肉鬆)
肉麻 
肌肉 
肥肉 
血肉 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
猪肉 (豬肉)
赘肉 (贅肉)
鸡肉 (雞肉)
食肉 

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Meta:

  1. 乾 is the 1996th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (sun/day), (ten), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qian2 - surname Qian
  2. qian2 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰
  3. Gan1 - surname Gan
  4. gan1 - dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 乾 (qian2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

乾坤 

Medium Frequency

乾陵 
乾隆 
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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