Meta:

  1. 今 is the 336th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. appears as a component in 18 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (dot), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin1 - today/modern/present/current/this/now

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 今 (jin1): The component 亽 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 

Medium Frequency

 
今年 
今后 (今後)
今日 
今晚 
如今 

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Meta:

  1. 世 is the 181st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 129 words.
  4. appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 廿
Radical :
=> (N/A), 廿 (two hands/twenty)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi4 - surname Shi
  2. shi4 - life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime/epoch/descendant/noble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Medium Frequency

一生一世 
 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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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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