1. 背
  2. 书

背

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Meta:

  1. 背 is the 785th most frequent character.
  2. 背 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 背 appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. 背 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
背 => 北, 月
Radical :
背 => 北 (N/A), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
背 => 北, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei1 - variant of 背[bei1]
  2. bei1 - to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder
  3. bei4 - the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory/unlucky (slang)/hard of hearing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 背 (bei1): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 背 (bei4): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

背 (揹)
背叛 
背影 
背后 (背後)
背景 

Medium Frequency

手背 
背负 (揹負)
背包 
背带 (背帶)
背心 
背书 (背書)
背弃 (背棄)
背水一战 (背水一戰)
背面 
违背 (違背)

Appears In:

背 also appears in:
褙

书

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Meta:

  1. 书 is the 282nd most frequent character.
  2. 书 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 书 appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. 书 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
书 => No glyph available, 丶
Radical :
书 => No glyph available, 丨 (line), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
书 => ㇆, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shu1 - abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
  2. shu1 - book/letter/document/CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]/to write

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 书 (shu1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
书 (書)
书写 (書寫)
看书 (看書)
读书 (讀書)

Medium Frequency

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书包 (書包)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书店 (書店)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书记 (書記)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
白皮书 (白皮書)
秘书 (秘書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
遗书 (遺書)
电子书 (電子書)
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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