1. 伺
  2. 候

伺

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  1. 伺 is the 2776th most frequent character.
  2. 伺 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 伺 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 伺 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
伺 => 亻, 司
Radical :
伺 => 亻 (human), ㇆ (N/A), 一 (one), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
伺 => ㇒, 丨, ㇆, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci4 - to wait on
  2. si4 - to watch/to wait/to examine/to spy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 伺 (ci4): The component 司 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 伺 (ci4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 伺 (si4): The component 司 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 伺 (si4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

伺候 

Medium Frequency

候

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Meta:

  1. 候 is the 341st most frequent character.
  2. 候 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 候 appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. 候 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
候 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
候 => 亻 (human), 丨 (line), No glyph available, 矢 (arrow)
Graphical :
候 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 匚, 丿, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou4 - to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

时候 (時候)

Medium Frequency

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 
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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