1. 镇
  2. 住

镇

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Meta:

  1. 镇 is the 1000th most frequent character.
  2. 镇 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 镇 appears as a character in 55 words.
  4. 镇 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
镇 => 钅, 真
Radical :
镇 => 钅 (metal/gold), 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
镇 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen4 - composed/small town/to suppress/to press down/to guard/garrison/to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 镇 (zhen4): The component 真 is pronounced as 'zhen1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

城镇 (城鎮)
镇 (鎮)
镇定 (鎮定)

Medium Frequency

冰镇 (冰鎮)
吴镇宇 (吳鎮宇)
城镇化 (城鎮化)
市镇 (市鎮)
景德镇 (景德鎮)
村镇 (村鎮)
丰镇 (豐鎮)
乡镇 (鄉鎮)
重镇 (重鎮)
镇住 (鎮住)
镇区 (鎮區)
镇原 (鎮原)
镇压 (鎮壓)
镇守 (鎮守)
镇定剂 (鎮定劑)
镇巴 (鎮巴)
镇平 (鎮平)
镇江 (鎮江)
镇江市 (鎮江市)
镇海 (鎮海)
镇痛 (鎮痛)
镇远 (鎮遠)
镇长 (鎮長)
镇静 (鎮靜)
镇静剂 (鎮靜劑)
集镇 (集鎮)

住

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Meta:

  1. 住 is the 309th most frequent character.
  2. 住 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 住 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 住 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
住 => 亻, 主
Radical :
住 => 亻 (human), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
住 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 住 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

住 

Medium Frequency

住宅 
住房 
住院 
入住 
居住 
抓住 
挂住 (掛住)
握住 
留住 
记住 (記住)
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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