1. 尋
  2. 常

尋

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  1. 尋 is the 960th most frequent character.
  2. 尋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 尋 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 尋 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尋 => No glyph available, 寸
Radical :
尋 => 彐 (pig snout), 工 (work), 口 (mouth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
尋 => ㇕, 二, 一, 丨, 一, 口, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xun2 - to search/to look for/to seek

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尋 (xun2): The component 寸 is pronounced as 'cun4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寻 (尋)
寻找 (尋找)

Medium Frequency

寻宝 (尋寶)
寻常 (尋常)
寻求 (尋求)
寻觅 (尋覓)
找寻 (找尋)
追寻 (追尋)

Appears In:

尋 also appears in:
鄩蕁

常

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  1. 常 is the 187th most frequent character.
  2. 常 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 常 appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. 常 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
常 => 龸, 吊
Radical :
常 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 巾 (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
常 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chang2 - surname Chang
  2. chang2 - always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

常 
正常 
经常 (經常)
非常 

Medium Frequency

家常 
寻常 (尋常)
常客 
常州 
常常 
常见 (常見)
常识 (常識)
平常 
往常 
日常 
时常 (時常)
无常 (無常)
照常 
异常 (異常)
通常 

Appears In:

常 also appears in:
嫦
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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