1. 先
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先

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
先 => ⺧, 儿
Radical :
先 => ⺧ (cow), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
先 => ⺧, 丿, 乚

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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Example Words:

High Frequency

先 
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 

Appears In:

先 also appears in:
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锋

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Meta:

  1. 锋 is the 1669th most frequent character.
  2. 锋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 锋 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 锋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
锋 => 钅, 夆
Radical :
锋 => 钅 (metal/gold), 夂 (go), 一 (one), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
锋 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 一, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. feng1 - point of a spear/edge of a tool/vanguard/forward (in sports team)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 锋 (feng1): The component 夆 is pronounced as 'feng2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

交锋 (交鋒)
先锋 (先鋒)
冲锋陷阵 (衝鋒陷陣)
谢霆锋 (謝霆鋒)
锋芒 (鋒芒)
雷锋 (雷鋒)

Medium Frequency

中锋 (中鋒)
刀锋 (刀鋒)
前锋 (前鋒)
争锋 (爭鋒)
冲锋 (衝鋒)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
锋利 (鋒利)
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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