Meta:

  1. 上 is the 16th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 254 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (divination), (one)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shang3 - see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
  2. shang4 - on top/upon/above/upper/previous/first (of multiple parts)/to climb/to get onto/to go up/to attend (class or university)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
上班 
早上 
晚上 

Medium Frequency

上下 
上来 (上來)
上传 (上傳)
上午 
上去 
上司 
上天 
上学 (上學)
上市 
上帝 
上床 
上升 (上昇)
上映 
上海 
上演 
上涨 (上漲)
上火 
上班族 
上瘾 (上癮)
上网 (上網)
上线 (上線)
上街 
上课 (上課)
上路 
上身 
上车 (上車)
上辈子 (上輩子)
上门 (上門)
上面 
世上 
以上 
加上 
史上 
向上 
地上 
基本上 
天上 
实际上 (實際上)
爱上 (愛上)
戴上 
楼上 (樓上)
海上 
爬上 
登上 
看上 
穿上 
至上 
赶上 (趕上)
路上 
踏上 
身上 
闭上 (閉上)
马上 (馬上)

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Meta:

  1. 揚 is the 1082nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (sun/day), (one), (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yang2 - to raise/to hoist/the action of tossing or winnowing/scattering (in the wind)/to flutter/to propagate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 昜 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 揚 (yang2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上扬 (上揚)
张扬 (張揚)
扬州 (揚州)
扬帆 (揚帆)
昂扬 (昂揚)
表扬 (表揚)
赞扬 (讚揚)
飘扬 (飄揚)
飞扬 (飛揚)

Medium Frequency

分道扬镳 (分道揚鑣)
宣扬 (宣揚)
弘扬 (弘揚)
悠扬 (悠揚)
抑扬 (抑揚)
扬名 (揚名)
扬州市 (揚州市)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
扬言 (揚言)
扬起 (揚起)
扬长而去 (揚長而去)
沸沸扬扬 (沸沸揚揚)
发扬 (發揚)
发扬光大 (發揚光大)
纷纷扬扬 (紛紛揚揚)
耀武扬威 (耀武揚威)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)
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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