1. 聽
  2. 講

聽

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Meta:

  1. 聽 is the 285th most frequent character.
  2. 聽 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 聽 appears as a character in 63 words.
  4. 聽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
聽 => No glyph available, 𢛳
Radical :
聽 => 耳 (ear), 王 (jade), 𢛳 (N/A)
Graphical :
聽 => 二, 丨, 二, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 𢛳

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ting1 - to listen/to hear/to obey/a can (loanword from English "tin")/classifier for canned beverages
  2. ting4 - to let/to allow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

听 (聽)
听到 (聽到)

Medium Frequency

倾听 (傾聽)
动听 (動聽)
好听 (好聽)
打听 (打聽)
接听 (接聽)
收听 (收聽)
窃听 (竊聽)
聆听 (聆聽)
听力 (聽力)
听懂 (聽懂)
听众 (聽眾)
听见 (聽見)
听话 (聽話)
听说 (聽說)
听课 (聽課)
试听 (試聽)
难听 (難聽)

講

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Meta:

  1. 講 is the 555th most frequent character.
  2. 講 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 講 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 講 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
講 => 言, 冓
Radical :
講 => 言 (speech), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one), 冂 (upside down box), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
講 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 丨, 二, 一, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiang3 - to speak/to explain/to negotiate/to emphasise/to be particular about/as far as sth is concerned/speech/lecture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 講 (jiang3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

讲 (講)

Medium Frequency

来讲 (來講)
演讲 (演講)
听讲 (聽講)
讲到 (講到)
讲坛 (講壇)
讲座 (講座)
讲理 (講理)
讲究 (講究)
讲解 (講解)
讲话 (講話)
讲课 (講課)
讲述 (講述)
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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