1. 乾
  2. 坤

乾

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Meta:

  1. 乾 is the 1996th most frequent character.
  2. 乾 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 乾 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 乾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
乾 => 龺, 乞
Radical :
乾 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), ㇠ (N/A)
Graphical :
乾 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qian2 - surname Qian
  2. qian2 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰
  3. Gan1 - surname Gan
  4. gan1 - dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 乾 (qian2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

乾坤 

Medium Frequency

乾陵 
乾隆 

坤

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Meta:

  1. 坤 is the 2904th most frequent character.
  2. 坤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 坤 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 坤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坤 => 土, 申
Radical :
坤 => 土 (earth), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
坤 => 一, 丨, 一, 口, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kun1 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth/female principle/☷

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坤 (kun1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

乾坤 

Medium Frequency

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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