1. 街
  2. 坊

街

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  1. 街 is the 1099th most frequent character.
  2. 街 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 街 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 街 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
街 => 行, 圭
Radical :
街 => 行 (go/do), 圭 (N/A)
Graphical :
街 => ㇒, 丨, 二, 亅, 圭

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - street/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

街 
逛街 

Medium Frequency

上街 
大街 
步行街 
花街 
华尔街 (華爾街)
街道 
街头 (街頭)

坊

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Meta:

  1. 坊 is the 2537th most frequent character.
  2. 坊 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 坊 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 坊 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坊 => 土, 方
Radical :
坊 => 土 (earth), 方 (square/raft)
Graphical :
坊 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fang1 - surname Fang
  2. fang1 - lane (usually as part of a street name)/memorial archway
  3. fang2 - workshop/mill

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坊 (fang1): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 坊 (fang2): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

磨坊 

Medium Frequency

作坊 
廊坊 
潍坊 (濰坊)
牌坊 
街坊 
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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