1. 兄
  2. 妹

兄

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  1. 兄 is the 1087th most frequent character.
  2. 兄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 兄 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 兄 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
兄 => 口, 儿
Radical :
兄 => 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
兄 => 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiong1 - elder brother

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兄弟 

Medium Frequency

兄 
兄妹 
师兄 (師兄)

Appears In:

兄 also appears in:
党况竞祝兑贶眖

妹

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  1. 妹 is the 1183rd most frequent character.
  2. 妹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 妹 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 妹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
妹 => 女, 未
Radical :
妹 => 女 (woman), 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
妹 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei4 - younger sister

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妹 (mei4): The component 未 is pronounced as 'wei4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 妹 (mei4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

妹妹 

Medium Frequency

妹 
妹子 
姐妹 
学妹 (學妹)
小妹 
表妹 
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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