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  1. 优 is the 773rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you1 - excellent/superior

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 优 (you1): The component 尤 is pronounced as 'you2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

优先 (優先)
优惠 (優惠)
优惠券 (優惠券)
优秀 (優秀)
优雅 (優雅)
优点 (優點)

Medium Frequency

 ()
优势 (優勢)
优化 (優化)
优异 (優異)
优盘 (優盤)
优美 (優美)
优良 (優良)
优质 (優質)
优越 (優越)
优酷 (優酷)
葛优 (葛優)

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Meta:

  1. 先 is the 188th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian1 - early/prior/former/in advance/first

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In:

also appears in:

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
先生 

Medium Frequency

事先 
优先 (優先)
先后 (先後)
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
抢先 (搶先)
祖先 
领先 (領先)
首先 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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