Meta:

  1. 夜 is the 664th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (lid), (human), (go), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye4 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
夜间 (夜間)

Medium Frequency

今夜 
午夜 
半夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜店 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
黑夜 

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Meta:

  1. 半 is the 513th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 103 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ban4 - half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 半 (ban4): The component 丷 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一半 
 
半夜 

Medium Frequency

三更半夜 
上半年 
下半年 
半价 (半價)
半场 (半場)
半天 
半岛 (半島)
半死 
半决赛 (半決賽)
半生 
半路 
半辈子 (半輩子)
半点 (半點)
多半 
夜半 
大半 
过半 (過半)

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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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