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  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. 后 is the 48th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 174 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𠮛
Radical :
=> (cliff), (one), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hou4 - surname Hou
  2. hou4 - empress/queen
  3. hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 后 (hou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
 
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后悔 (後悔)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
皇后 
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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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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