1. 姥
  2. 爷

姥

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  1. 姥 is the 2868th most frequent character.
  2. 姥 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 姥 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 姥 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
姥 => 女, 老
Radical :
姥 => 女 (woman), 老 (old)
Graphical :
姥 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 耂, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - grandma (maternal)
  2. mu3 - governess/old woman

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姥 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 姥 (mu3): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姥姥 

Medium Frequency

姥爷 (姥爺)

爷

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  1. 爷 is the 1005th most frequent character.
  2. 爷 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 爷 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 爷 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
爷 => 父, No glyph available
Radical :
爷 => 父 (father), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
爷 => 八, 乂, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye2 - grandpa/old gentleman

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大爷 (大爺)
爷爷 (爺爺)

Medium Frequency

姥爷 (姥爺)
少爷 (少爺)
爷 (爺)
爷们 (爺們)
爷们儿 (爺們兒)
老天爷 (老天爺)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
财神爷 (財神爺)
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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