1. 上
  2. 班
  3. 族

上

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
上 => ⺊, 一
Radical :
上 => ⺊ (divination), 一 (one)
Graphical :
上 => 丨, 一, 一

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 
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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上 also appears in:
让卡忐

班

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Meta:

  1. 班 is the 882nd most frequent character.
  2. 班 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 班 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 班 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
班 => 玨, No glyph available
Radical :
班 => 玨 (N/A), 丿 (bend), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
班 => 玨, 丿, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ban1 - surname Ban
  2. ban1 - team/class/squad/work shift/ranking/CL:個|个[ge4]/classifier for groups

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上班 
班 

Medium Frequency

上班族 
下班 
值班 
加班 
夜班 
早班 
班级 (班級)
班车 (班車)
班长 (班長)
航班 
西班牙 

族

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Meta:

  1. 族 is the 549th most frequent character.
  2. 族 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 族 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 族 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
族 => 方, No glyph available
Radical :
族 => 方 (square/raft), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 矢 (arrow)
Graphical :
族 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆, 丿, 一, 丿, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zu2 - race/nationality/ethnicity/clan/by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

上班族 
家族 
族 
民族 

Medium Frequency

一族 
哈尼族 
单身贵族 (單身貴族)
回族 
土家族 
壮族 (壯族)
彝族 (彞族)
族群 
族谱 (族譜)
月光族 
朝鲜族 (朝鮮族)
民族主义 (民族主義)
水族 
水族箱 
水族馆 (水族館)
满族 (滿族)
汉族 (漢族)
瑶族 (瑤族)
白族 
皇族 
种族 (種族)
纳西族 (納西族)
维吾尔族 (維吾爾族)
维族 (維族)
羌族 
苗族 
蒙古族 
藏族 
贵族 (貴族)
追星族 
部族 
黎族 

Appears In:

族 also appears in:
簇嗾镞鷟蔟
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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