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  1. 严 is the 545th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), No glyph available, (eight/divide), (one), (cliff)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe/father

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 严 (yan2): The component 亚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 严 (yan2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 严 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

严寒 (嚴寒)
严肃 (嚴肅)
严重 (嚴重)
尊严 (尊嚴)

Medium Frequency

 ()
严冬 (嚴冬)
严厉 (嚴厲)
严严实实 (嚴嚴實實)
严实 (嚴實)
严峻 (嚴峻)
严惩 (嚴懲)
严查 (嚴查)
严格 (嚴格)
严禁 (嚴禁)
严谨 (嚴謹)
威严 (威嚴)
庄严 (莊嚴)

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  1. 格 is the 325th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 127 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (go), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ge2 - square/frame/rule/(legal) case/style/character/standard/pattern/(classical) to obstruct/to hinder/(classical) to arrive/to come/(classical) to investigate/to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 格 (ge2): The component 各 is pronounced as 'ge4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Medium Frequency

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)
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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