1. 等
  2. 候

等

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Meta:

  1. 等 is the 158th most frequent character.
  2. 等 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 等 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 等 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
等 => ⺮, 寺
Radical :
等 => ⺮ (bamboo), 土 (earth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
等 => ⺮, 一, 丨, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. deng3 - class/rank/grade/equal to/same as/to wait for/to await/et cetera/and so on/et al. (and other authors)/after/as soon as/once

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

等 

Medium Frequency

平等 
等到 
等待 
等于 (等於)
等等 
等级 (等級)

候

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Meta:

  1. 候 is the 341st most frequent character.
  2. 候 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 候 appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. 候 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
候 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
候 => 亻 (human), 丨 (line), No glyph available, 矢 (arrow)
Graphical :
候 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 匚, 丿, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou4 - to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

时候 (時候)

Medium Frequency

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.