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  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (old)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

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  1. 人 is the 7th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 663 words.
  4. appears as a component in 942 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (human)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ren2 - man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 人 (ren2): The component 人 is pronounced as 'ren2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
人生 
别人 (別人)
女人 
男人 

Medium Frequency

一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人)
不为人知 (不為人知)
世人 
丢人 (丟人)
中国人 (中國人)
主人 
主持人 
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人事 
人人 
人们 (人們)
人儿 (人兒)
人力 
人参 (人參)
人口 
人品 
人员 (人員)
人均 
人士 
人大 
人家 
人山人海 
人工 
人心 
人性 
人情 
人才 
人数 (人數)
人文 
人格 
人次 
人民 
人民币 (人民幣)
人气 (人氣)
人海 
人为 (人為)
人物 
人缘 (人緣)
人群 
人脉 (人脈)
人身 
人造 
人间 (人間)
人际 (人際)
人类 (人類)
人体 (人體)
他人 
代言人 
佳人 
个人 (個人)
做人 
传人 (傳人)
凯尔特人 (凱爾特人)
创始人 (創始人)
动人 (動人)
友人 
名人 
商人 
国人 (國人)
外人 
外国人 (外國人)
外星人 
大人 
夫人 
嫁人 
客人 
家人 
富人 
工人 
巨人 
年轻人 (年輕人)
待人 
怪人 
情人 
情人节 (情人節)
爱人 (愛人)
感人 
懒人 (懶人)
恋人 (戀人)
成人 
敌人 (敵人)
新人 
旁人 
日本人 
有情人 
有钱人 (有錢人)
本人 
某人 
机器人 (機器人)
死人 
杀人 (殺人)
熟人 
猎人 (獵人)
病人 
众人 (眾人)
私人 
纳税人 (納稅人)
骂人 (罵人)
美人 
美人计 (美人計)
美国人 (美國人)
老人 
老人家 
老年人 
自欺欺人 
华人 (華人)
艺人 (藝人)
行人 
亲人 (親人)
诗人 (詩人)
负责人 (負責人)
贵人 (貴人)
贱人 (賤人)
走人 
超人 
路人 
迷人 
达人 (達人)
陌生人 
雪人 
领导人 (領導人)
香港人 
骗人 (騙人)
惊人 (驚人)
黑人 

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  1. 家 is the 56th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 295 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (pig)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jia1 - surname Jia
  2. jia1 - home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回家 
大家 
 
玩家 

Medium Frequency

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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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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