1. 主
  2. 持

主

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Meta:

  1. 主 is the 87th most frequent character.
  2. 主 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 主 appears as a character in 228 words.
  4. 主 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
主→
王丶
2Radical
主→
王jade丶dot
3Graphical
主→
一一丨一丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu3 - owner/master/host/individual or party concerned/God/Lord/main/to indicate or signify/trump card (in card games)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 主 (zhu3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In:

主 also appears in:
住往注驻柱蛀拄炷麈跓疰飳駐砫註

Example Words:

High Frequency

主 
主人 
主动 (主動)
主持人 
主要 
主角 
主题 (主題)
公主 
地主 

Medium Frequency

主人公 
主任 
主力 
主场 (主場)
主妇 (主婦)
主宰 
主导 (主導)
主席 
主张 (主張)
主意 
主持 
主播 
主料 
主板 
主机 (主機)
主权 (主權)
主流 
主演 
主管 
主线 (主線)
主编 (主編)
主见 (主見)
主观 (主觀)
主办 (主辦)
主页 (主頁)
主食 
主体 (主體)
做主 
副主席 
君主 
失主 
店主 
教主 
业主 (業主)
毛主席 
民主 
为主 (為主)
班主任 
社会主义 (社會主義)
自主 
资本主义 (資本主義)
车主 (車主)

持

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Meta:

  1. 持 is the 357th most frequent character.
  2. 持 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 持 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 持 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
持→
扌寺
2Radical
持→
扌hand土earth寸thumb
3Graphical
持→
亅二一丨一𠂇亅丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi2 - to hold/to grasp/to support/to maintain/to persevere/to manage/to run (i.e. administer)/to control

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 持 (chi2): The component 寺 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

坚持 (堅持)
支持 

Medium Frequency

主持 
主持人 
保持 
持 
持续 (持續)
维持 (維持)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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