1. 初
  2. 步

初

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
初 => 衤, 刀
Radical :
初 => 衤 (clothes), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
初 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 冫, ㇆, 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 
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)

步

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Meta:

  1. 步 is the 349th most frequent character.
  2. 步 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 步 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 步 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
步 => 止, 𣥂
Radical :
步 => 止 (stop), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
步 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bu4 - surname Bu
  2. bu4 - a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

步 
步步 
进步 (進步)

Medium Frequency

初步 
同步 
地步 
大步 
徒步 
散步 
止步 
步伐 
步入 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
步骤 (步驟)
漫步 
脚步 (腳步)
舞步 
让步 (讓步)
起步 
跑步 
退步 
逐步 
进一步 (進一步)

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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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