1. 多
  2. 少

多

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  1. 多 is the 61st most frequent character.
  2. 多 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 多 appears as a character in 187 words.
  4. 多 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
多 => 夕
Radical :
多 => 多 (N/A)
Graphical :
多 => 多

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duo1 - many/much/a lot of/numerous/more/in excess/how (to what extent)/multi-/Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 多 (duo1): The component 多 is pronounced as 'duo1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

多 
多少 

Medium Frequency

二十多 
多久 
多半 
多多 
多情 
多数 (多數)
多谢 (多謝)
多变 (多變)
多云 (多雲)
多余 (多餘)
多么 (多麼)
大多 
大多数 (大多數)
好多 
差不多 
众多 (眾多)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
许多 (許多)
诸多 (諸多)
丰富多彩 (豐富多彩)
顶多 (頂多)

Appears In:

多 also appears in:
多够移爹侈哆夥嗲黟迻眵簃蛥

少

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Meta:

  1. 少 is the 233rd most frequent character.
  2. 少 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 少 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 少 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
少 => 小, 丿
Radical :
少 => 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
少 => 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shao3 - few/little/lack
  2. shao4 - young

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

多少 
少 

Medium Frequency

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 

Appears In:

少 also appears in:
省沙妙劣秒吵抄雀纱炒钞砂眇杪耖麨紗
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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