1. 函
  2. 授

函

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  1. 函 is the 1947th most frequent character.
  2. 函 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 函 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 函 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
函 => 凵, No glyph available
Radical :
函 => 凵 (container), ㇇ (N/A), 亅 (hook), 冫 (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
函 => 凵, ㇇, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. han2 - envelope/case/letter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

函数 (函數)
邀请函 (邀請函)

Medium Frequency

来函 (來函)
信函 
函授 

授

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Meta:

  1. 授 is the 966th most frequent character.
  2. 授 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 授 appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. 授 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
授 => 扌, 受
Radical :
授 => 扌 (hand), 爫 (claw/talon), 冖 (cover), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
授 => 亅, 二, 爫, 冖, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou4 - to teach/to instruct/to award/to give

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 授 (shou4): The component 受 is pronounced as 'shou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 授 (shou4): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 授 (shou4): The component 又 is pronounced as 'you4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

授予 
教授 

Medium Frequency

传授 (傳授)
授权 (授權)
授课 (授課)
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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