1. 侍
  2. 候

侍

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Meta:

  1. 侍 is the 1868th most frequent character.
  2. 侍 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 侍 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 侍 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
侍 => 亻, 寺
Radical :
侍 => 亻 (human), 土 (earth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
侍 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - to serve/to attend upon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 侍 (shi4): The component 寺 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

侍候 
侍奉 
侍女 
侍者 
侍卫 (侍衛)
服侍 

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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