1. 北
  2. 川

北

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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. 北 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 北 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 北 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
北 => 匕
Radical :
北 => 北 (N/A)
Graphical :
北 => 北

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

北 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

Appears In:

北 also appears in:
北背乘剩燕乖冀骥嵊褙邶酀醼讌驥

川

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  1. 川 is the 1107th most frequent character.
  2. 川 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 川 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 川 appears as a component in 53 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
川 => 丨
Radical :
川 => 川 (river)
Graphical :
川 => 川

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chuan1 - river/creek/plain/an area of level country/abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 川 (chuan1): The component 川 is pronounced as 'chuan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

四川 
川 

Medium Frequency

一马平川 (一馬平川)
仁川 
冰川 
利川 
北川 
南川 
合川 
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
周小川 
四川省 
宜川 
崇川区 (崇川區)
川剧 (川劇)
川沙 
川流不息 
川菜 
川西 
平川 
东川 (東川)
永川 
汶川 
河川 
银川 (銀川)
铜川 (銅川)
陆川 (陸川)
龙川 (龍川)

Appears In:

川 also appears in:
巡巢剿瑙淄辎經缫邕邋缁鬣腦輕甾锱頸鱲拶鲻躐鯔菑镴莖臘脛葘窼鄛齆鏁逕巛衟蠟带顺训川圳滞驯卅氚钏訓順夼瞓紃馴粼
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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