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  1. 古 is the 509th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 117 words.
  4. appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ten), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gu3 - surname Gu
  2. gu3 - ancient/old/paleo-

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
古代 
复古 (復古)

Medium Frequency

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古城 
古堡 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古筝 (古箏)
古老 
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
远古 (遠古)

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Meta:

  1. 典 is the 1042nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (two), (container), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dian3 - canon/law/standard work of scholarship/literary quotation or allusion/ceremony/to be in charge of/to mortgage or pawn

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

经典 (經典)

Medium Frequency

典型 
典礼 (典禮)
典范 (典範)
典雅 
古典 
字典 
宝典 (寶典)
恩典 
庆典 (慶典)
瑞典 
盛典 
词典 (詞典)
雅典娜 

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also appears in:
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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