1. 北
  2. 方

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

方

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Meta:

  1. 方 is the 60th most frequent character.
  2. 方 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 方 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 方 appears as a component in 86 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
方 => 亠, No glyph available
Radical :
方 => 方 (square/raft)
Graphical :
方 => 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fang1 - surname Fang
  2. fang1 - square/power or involution (mathematics)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 方 (fang1): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方 
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Medium Frequency

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

Appears In:

方 also appears in:
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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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