Meta:

  1. 吉 is the 854th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji2 - surname Ji/abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
  2. ji2 - lucky/giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吉 (ji2): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

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Meta:

  1. 凶 is the 1376th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiong1 - terrible/fearful
  2. xiong1 - vicious/fierce/ominous/inauspicious/famine/variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Pronunciation Clues:

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

also appears in:

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
凶手 (兇手)
凶残 (兇殘)
凶狠 (兇狠)

Medium Frequency

凶器 (兇器)
凶悍 (兇悍)
凶恶 (兇惡)
凶杀 (兇殺)
凶杀案 (兇殺案)
凶猛 (兇猛)
凶神 (兇神)
凶险 (兇險)
凶兆 
凶光 
凶暴 
吉凶 
帮凶 (幫兇)
逢凶化吉 
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.