Meta:

  1. 初 is the 666th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (clothes), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu1 - at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
初一 

Medium Frequency

初三 
初中 
初二 
初恋 (初戀)
初步 
初级 (初級)
年初 
最初 
当初 (當初)

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Meta:

  1. 二 is the 157th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. appears as a component in 655 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (two)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. er4 - two/2/stupid (Beijing dialect)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 二 (er4): The component 二 is pronounced as 'er4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
十二 
第二 

Medium Frequency

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
二十 
二十多 
二哥 
二奶 
二手 
二手房 
二月 
二百五 
二胡 
二郎神 
二郎腿 
初二 
十二月 
大二 
接二连三 (接二連三)
星期二 
独一无二 (獨一無二)
老二 
周二 (週二)

Appears In:

also appears in:
寿驿椿鲿黿
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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