1. 居
  2. 民

居

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Meta:

  1. 居 is the 677th most frequent character.
  2. 居 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 居 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 居 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
居 => 尸, 古
Radical :
居 => 尸 (corpse), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
居 => 丨, 匚, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ju1 - surname Ju
  2. ji1 - (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
  3. ju1 - to reside/to be (in a certain position)/to store up/to be at a standstill/residence/house/restaurant/classifier for bedrooms

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ji1): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ji1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 居 (ju1): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

居然 

Medium Frequency

同居 
家居 
居 
居住 
居室 
居家 
居民 
张居正 (張居正)
故居 
蜗居 (蝸居)
邻居 (鄰居)

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居 also appears in:
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民

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Meta:

  1. 民 is the 113th most frequent character.
  2. 民 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 民 appears as a character in 134 words.
  4. 民 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
民 => 巳, No glyph available
Radical :
民 => 巳 (oneself), ㇂ (N/A), 一 (one)
Graphical :
民 => 丨, 匚, 乚, ㇂, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Min2 - surname Min
  2. min2 - the people/nationality/citizen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

人民 
人民币 (人民幣)
公民 
市民 
民主 
民族 

Medium Frequency

人民网 (人民網)
全民 
周渝民 
回民 
国民 (國民)
国民党 (國民黨)
国泰民安 (國泰民安)
居民 
平民 
村民 
民 
民俗 
民国 (民國)
民居 
民工 
民心 
民意 
民歌 
民营 (民營)
民生 
民众 (民眾)
民航 
民谣 (民謠)
民警 
民进党 (民進黨)
民间 (民間)
渔民 (漁民)
牧民 
移民 
网民 (網民)
股民 
亲民 (親民)
农民 (農民)
农民工 (農民工)
游民 (遊民)
选民 (選民)

Appears In:

民 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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