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  1. 堂 is the 978th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (small), (cover), (mouth), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tang2 - (main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc/CL:間|间[jian1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 堂 (tang2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天堂 

Medium Frequency

同堂 
 
堂哥 
堂妹 
堂姐 
堂弟 
大堂 
学堂 (學堂)
厅堂 (廳堂)
教堂 
欢聚一堂 (歡聚一堂)
殿堂 
满堂 (滿堂)
澡堂 
祠堂 
礼堂 (禮堂)
课堂 (課堂)
食堂 
饭堂 (飯堂)
齐聚一堂 (齊聚一堂)

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  1. 弟 is the 814th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𢎨
Radical :
=> (eight/divide), (bow), (line), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. di4 - younger brother/junior male/I (modest word in letter)
  2. ti4 - variant of 悌[ti4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

兄弟 
弟弟 

Medium Frequency

小弟 
 
弟子 
徒弟 
老弟 
表弟 

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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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