HanziCraft - Information on 吉,林,省

吉
林
省

吉

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

Decomposition:

Once :

吉 => 士, 口

Radical :

吉 => 士 (scholar), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

吉 => 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

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吉 also appears in:

结洁桔诘颉秸髻黠拮結咭佶蛣鲒祮硈詰鞊趌

林

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林 is the 364th most frequent character.
林 has 2 dictionary entries.
林 appears as a character in 132 words.
林 appears as a component in 33 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

林 => 木

Radical :

林 => 林 (N/A)

Graphical :

林 => 林

Pinyin & Meaning:

Lin2 - surname Lin
lin2 - woods/forest/CL:片[pian4]/circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)/a collection (of similar things)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 林 (lin2): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

克林顿 (克林頓)

丛林 (叢林)

园林 (園林)

奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)

富兰克林 (富蘭克林)

布鲁克林 (布魯克林)

林则徐 (林則徐)

林忆莲 (林憶蓮)

树林 (樹林)

红树林 (紅樹林)

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林 also appears in:

林楚梦禁麻淋琳攀焚彬襟婪霖梵樊麓噤懋潸郴啉綝憷爨棼襻礎鬱箖齽漤蠜齼

省

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省 is the 665th most frequent character.
省 has 2 dictionary entries.
省 appears as a character in 59 words.
省 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

省 => 少, 目

Radical :

省 => 小 (small), 丿 (bend), 目 (eye)

Graphical :

省 => 亅, 八, 丿, 口, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

sheng3 - to save/to economize/to do without/to omit/to leave out/province/CL:個|个[ge4]
xing3 - introspection/to examine oneself critically/awareness/to visit (an elderly relative)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 省 (sheng3): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
Pronunciation clue for 省 (sheng3): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
Pronunciation clue for 省 (xing3): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

节省 (節省)

Medium Frequency

山东省 (山東省)

广东省 (廣東省)

江苏省 (江蘇省)

省会 (省會)

省级 (省級)

省长 (省長)

省电 (省電)

辽宁省 (遼寧省)

陕西省 (陝西省)

云南省 (雲南省)

黑龙江省 (黑龍江省)

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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