1. 简
  2. 直

简

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  1. 简 is the 715th most frequent character.
  2. 简 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 简 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 简 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
简 => ⺮, 间
Radical :
简 => ⺮ (bamboo), 门 (gate), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
简 => ⺮, 丶, 丨, ㇆, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - simple/uncomplicated/letter/to choose/to select/bamboo strips used for writing (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 简 (jian3): The component 间 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 简 (jian3): The component 间 is pronounced as 'jian4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

简单 (簡單)
简直 (簡直)

Medium Frequency

简 (簡)
简介 (簡介)
简易 (簡易)
简历 (簡歷)
简洁 (簡潔)
简短 (簡短)
简称 (簡稱)
简约 (簡約)
简陋 (簡陋)

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)

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直 also appears in:
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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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