1. 甲
  2. 戌

甲

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  1. 甲 is the 1104th most frequent character.
  2. 甲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 甲 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 甲 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甲 => 冂, No glyph available
Radical :
甲 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
甲 => 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia3 - first of the ten heavenly stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(used for an unspecified person or thing)/first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)/armor plating/shell or carapace/(of the fingers or toes) nail/bladed leather or metal armor (old)/ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)/civil administration unit (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甲 (jia3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

指甲 
甲 

Medium Frequency

指甲油 
甲乙 
甲亢 
甲子 
甲方 
甲板 
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
甲醛 
甲骨文 
盔甲 
美甲 
花甲 
趾甲 
铠甲 (鎧甲)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
马甲 (馬甲)
鳞甲 (鱗甲)

Appears In:

甲 also appears in:
押鸭禺匣闸钾呷岬胛厣狎柙鉀鴨翈

戌

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Meta:

  1. 戌 is the 3912th most frequent character.
  2. 戌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 戌 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 戌 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
戌 => 戊, 一
Radical :
戌 => 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one)
Graphical :
戌 => 厂, 戈, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu1 - 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 戌 (xu1): The component 戊 is pronounced as 'wu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

丙戌 
壬戌 
庚戌 
戊戌 
戌时 (戌時)
甲戌 

Appears In:

戌 also appears in:
威銊
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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