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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (sun/day), (ten), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿, ,

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 

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Meta:

  1. 隆 is the 1398th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (town), (go), (one), (life)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Long2 - surname Long/short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur
  2. long1 - sound of drums
  3. long2 - grand/intense/prosperous/to swell/to bulge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兴隆 (興隆)
 
隆重 

Medium Frequency

乾隆 
克隆 
吉隆坡 
基隆 
生意兴隆 (生意興隆)
科隆 
轰隆 (轟隆)
隆冬 
隆胸 
隆起 
隆隆 

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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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