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  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. 审 is the 745th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (sun/day), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shen3 - to examine/to investigate/carefully/to try (in court)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 审 (shen3): The component 申 is pronounced as 'shen1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 审 (shen3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
审判 (審判)
审批 (審批)
审查 (審查)
审核 (審核)
审美 (審美)
审视 (審視)
审计 (審計)

Medium Frequency

一审 (一審)
初审 (初審)
受审 (受審)
审判长 (審判長)
审问 (審問)
审慎 (審慎)
审时度势 (審時度勢)
审理 (審理)
审美观 (審美觀)
审计署 (審計署)
审讯 (審訊)
审议 (審議)
庭审 (庭審)
政审 (政審)
终审 (終審)
评审 (評審)
评审团 (評審團)
重审 (重審)

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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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