Meta:

  1. 二 is the 157th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. appears as a component in 655 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (two)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er4 - two/2/stupid (Beijing dialect)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 二 (er4): The component 二 is pronounced as 'er4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
十二 
第二 

Medium Frequency

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
二十 
二十多 
二哥 
二奶 
二手 
二手房 
二月 
二百五 
二胡 
二郎神 
二郎腿 
初二 
十二月 
大二 
接二连三 (接二連三)
星期二 
独一无二 (獨一無二)
老二 
周二 (週二)

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also appears in:
寿驿椿鲿黿

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Meta:

  1. 甲 is the 1104th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (upside down box), (two), (line)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia3 - first of the ten heavenly stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(used for an unspecified person or thing)/first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)/armor plating/shell or carapace/(of the fingers or toes) nail/bladed leather or metal armor (old)/ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)/civil administration unit (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甲 (jia3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

指甲 
 

Medium Frequency

指甲油 
甲乙 
甲亢 
甲子 
甲方 
甲板 
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
甲醛 
甲骨文 
盔甲 
美甲 
花甲 
趾甲 
铠甲 (鎧甲)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
马甲 (馬甲)
鳞甲 (鱗甲)

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also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 苯 is the 3678th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (tree), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - benzene/benzol (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苯 (ben3): The component 本 is pronounced as 'ben3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

二甲苯 
苯酚 

Medium Frequency

甲苯 
聚苯乙烯 
 
苯丙氨酸 
苯丙胺 
苯基 
苯甲酸 
苯胺 
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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