Meta:

  1. 原 is the 193rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 109 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan2 - former/original/primary/raw/level/cause/source

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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also appears in:

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
原来 (原來)
原因 
原文 
原谅 (原諒)

Medium Frequency

中原 
原先 
原则 (原則)
原创 (原創)
原地 
原型 
原始 
原料 
原有 
原本 
原油 
原理 
原点 (原點)
太原 
平原 
草原 
还原 (還原)
高原 

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Meta:

  1. 则 is the 284th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ze2 - conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause/standard/norm/rule/to imitate/to follow/then/principle/classifier for written items (such as an official statement)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In:

also appears in:

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
原则 (原則)
否则 (否則)
规则 (規則)

Medium Frequency

不规则 (不規則)
守则 (守則)
实则 (實則)
武则天 (武則天)
法则 (法則)
准则 (準則)
潜规则 (潛規則)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.