1. 贯
  2. 通

贯

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  1. 贯 is the 1476th most frequent character.
  2. 贯 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 贯 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 贯 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
贯 => 毌, 贝
Radical :
贯 => 囗 (enclosure), 十 (ten), 贝 (shell)
Graphical :
贯 => 冂, 一, 一, 丨, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. guan4 - to pierce through/to pass through/to be stringed together/string of 1000 cash

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 贯 (guan4): The component 毌 is pronounced as 'guan4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

一贯 (一貫)
满贯 (滿貫)
贯彻 (貫徹)
贯穿 (貫穿)

Medium Frequency

全神贯注 (全神貫注)
大满贯 (大滿貫)
如雷贯耳 (如雷貫耳)
横贯 (橫貫)
籍贯 (籍貫)
腰缠万贯 (腰纏萬貫)
万贯 (萬貫)
贯通 (貫通)
连贯 (連貫)

Appears In:

贯 also appears in:
惯掼

通

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Meta:

  1. 通 is the 190th most frequent character.
  2. 通 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 通 appears as a character in 176 words.
  4. 通 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
通 => 辶, 甬
Radical :
通 => 辶 (walk), 龴 (N/A), 用 (use)
Graphical :
通 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 龴, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tong1 - to go through/to know well/(suffix) expert/to connect/to communicate/open/to clear/classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
  2. tong4 - classifier for sections of music playing/classifier for bouts of unpleasant language

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong1): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  6. Pronunciation clue for 通 (tong4): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

交通 
普通 
沟通 (溝通)
联通 (聯通)
通 
通宵 
通知 
通过 (通過)
开通 (開通)

Medium Frequency

亨通 
全球通 
南通 
卡通 
圆通 (圓通)
想通 
打通 
接通 
扑通 (撲通)
普普通通 
普通话 (普通話)
畅通 (暢通)
流通 
相通 
精通 
网通 (網通)
变通 (變通)
通俗 
通信 
通向 
通告 
通报 (通報)
通州 
通常 
通往 
通畅 (通暢)
通气 (通氣)
通用 
通病 
通红 (通紅)
通缉 (通緝)
通胀 (通脹)
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
通讯 (通訊)
通讯录 (通訊錄)
通话 (通話)
通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹)
通车 (通車)
通透 
通通 
通道 
通关 (通關)
通风 (通風)

Appears In:

通 also appears in:
嗵
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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