1. 直
  2. 接

直

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Meta:

  1. 直 is the 255th most frequent character.
  2. 直 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 直 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 直 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
直 => 十, No glyph available
Radical :
直 => 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
直 => 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi2 - surname Zhi/Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. zhi2 - straight/to straighten/fair and reasonable/frank/straightforward/(indicates continuing motion or action)/vertical/vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 直 (zhi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一直 
直 
直接 
直播 

Medium Frequency

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

Appears In:

直 also appears in:
值置植殖矗埴禃稙

接

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Meta:

  1. 接 is the 247th most frequent character.
  2. 接 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 接 appears as a character in 90 words.
  4. 接 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
接 => 扌, 妾
Radical :
接 => 扌 (hand), 立 (stand erect), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
接 => 亅, 二, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/to take over for sb

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 接 (jie1): The component 妾 is pronounced as 'qie4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

接 
接受 
接着 (接著)
直接 
迎接 
链接 (鏈接)

Medium Frequency

拼接 
接下 
接下来 (接下來)
接到 
接口 
接吻 
接待 
接收 
接纳 (接納)
接听 (接聽)
接触 (接觸)
接近 
接送 
接通 
接连 (接連)
连接 (連接)
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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