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:

Once :
=> , 𤽄
Radical :
=> (cliff), (white), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

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. 始 is the 381st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (private), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to begin/to start/then/only then

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 始 (shi3): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

开始 (開始)

Medium Frequency

原始 
始终 (始終)
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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