1. 美
  2. 玉

美

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  1. 美 is the 151st most frequent character.
  2. 美 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 美 appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. 美 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
美 => 羊, 大
Radical :
美 => 羊 (sheep), 大 (big)
Graphical :
美 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mei3 - the Americas/abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]/USA/abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
  2. mei3 - beautiful/very satisfactory/good/to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

完美 
美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美丽 (美麗)

Medium Frequency

优美 (優美)
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
甜美 
精美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美金 
美食 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)

Appears In:

美 also appears in:
羹镁

玉

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  1. 玉 is the 999th most frequent character.
  2. 玉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 玉 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 玉 appears as a component in 203 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
玉 => 王, 丶
Radical :
玉 => 玉 (jade)
Graphical :
玉 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - jade

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 玉 (yu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 玉 (yu4): The component 玉 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

林黛玉 
玉 
玉米 
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Medium Frequency

如花似玉 
宝玉 (寶玉)
张曼玉 (張曼玉)
玉兔 
玉器 
玉山 
玉帝 
玉手 
玉林 
玉树 (玉樹)
玉溪 
玉环 (玉環)
玉皇大帝 
玉石 
玉石俱焚 
玉兰 (玉蘭)
玉龙雪山 (玉龍雪山)
白玉 
碧玉 
美玉 
金玉 
金玉满堂 (金玉滿堂)
金童玉女 

Appears In:

玉 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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