1. 宋
  2. 代

宋

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Meta:

  1. 宋 is the 988th most frequent character.
  2. 宋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 宋 appears as a character in 16 words.
  4. 宋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
宋 => 宀, 木
Radical :
宋 => 宀 (roof), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
宋 => 冖, 丶, 一, 丨, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Song4 - surname Song/the Song dynasty (960-1279)/also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

宋 

Medium Frequency

北宋 
南宋 
宋代 
宋庆龄 (宋慶齡)
宋朝 
宋楚瑜 
宋江 

代

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Meta:

  1. 代 is the 174th most frequent character.
  2. 代 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 代 appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. 代 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
代 => 亻, 弋
Radical :
代 => 亻 (human), 弋 (arrow)
Graphical :
代 => ㇒, 丨, 弋

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dai4 - to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

代 
代表 
古代 
年代 
时代 (時代)
现代 (現代)

Medium Frequency

世代 
交代 
代价 (代價)
代名词 (代名詞)
代替 
代沟 (代溝)
代理 
代码 (代碼)
代考 
代表团 (代表團)
代言 
代言人 
代谢 (代謝)
代购 (代購)
取代 
后代 (後代)
新生代 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
替代 
朝代 
现代化 (現代化)
当代 (當代)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)

Appears In:

代 also appears in:
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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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