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Meta:

  1. 这 is the 11th most frequent character.
  2. 这 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 这 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 这 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
这 => 辶, 文
Radical :
这 => 辶 (walk), 文 (script/literature)
Graphical :
这 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 一, 丶, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhe4 - this/these/(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

这 (這)
这个 (這個)

Medium Frequency

这些 (這些)
这样 (這樣)
这里 (這裏)
这么 (這麼)

个

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Meta:

  1. 个 is the 12th most frequent character.
  2. 个 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 个 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 个 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
个 => 人, 丨
Radical :
个 => 人 (human), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
个 => 人, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge4 - individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects in general
  2. ge4 - variant of 個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 个 (ge4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

个 (個)
这个 (這個)

Medium Frequency

个人 (個人)
个个 (個個)
个性 (個性)
整个 (整個)
那个 (那個)
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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