1. 住
  2. 处

住

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Meta:

  1. 住 is the 309th most frequent character.
  2. 住 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 住 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 住 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
住 => 亻, 主
Radical :
住 => 亻 (human), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
住 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 住 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

住 

Medium Frequency

住宅 
住房 
住院 
入住 
居住 
抓住 
挂住 (掛住)
握住 
留住 
记住 (記住)

处

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Meta:

  1. 处 is the 206th most frequent character.
  2. 处 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 处 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 处 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
处 => 夂, 卜
Radical :
处 => 夂 (go), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
处 => ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu3 - to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to be situated at/to stay/to get along with/to be in a position of/to deal with/to discipline/to punish
  2. chu4 - place/location/spot/point/office/department/bureau/respect/classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 处 (chu3): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 处 (chu4): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

到处 (到處)
四处 (四處)
好处 (好處)
相处 (相處)
处 (處)
处女 (處女)
处理 (處理)
处处 (處處)

Medium Frequency

住处 (住處)
何处 (何處)
出处 (出處)
判处 (判處)
别处 (別處)
去处 (去處)
地处 (地處)
坏处 (壞處)
害处 (害處)
患处 (患處)
查处 (查處)
此处 (此處)
深处 (深處)
无处 (無處)
无处不在 (無處不在)
独处 (獨處)
用处 (用處)
痛处 (痛處)
益处 (益處)
私处 (私處)
绝处逢生 (絕處逢生)
处世 (處世)
处事 (處事)
处分 (處分)
处境 (處境)
处女座 (處女座)
处方 (處方)
处于 (處於)
处理器 (處理器)
处男 (處男)
处置 (處置)
处罚 (處罰)
身处 (身處)
办事处 (辦事處)
远处 (遠處)
长处 (長處)
随处 (隨處)
难处 (難處)
高处 (高處)

Appears In:

处 also appears in:
咎昝
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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