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  1. 工 is the 118th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 165 words.
  4. appears as a component in 121 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (work)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 工 (gong1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

员工 (員工)
工作 
工资 (工資)

Medium Frequency

人工 
做工 
分工 
加工 
化工 
完工 
 
工人 
工作室 
工作日 
工作服 
工作者 
工作量 
工伤 (工傷)
工具 
工商 
工地 
工夫 
工厂 (工廠)
工时 (工時)
工会 (工會)
工业 (工業)
工程 
工程师 (工程師)
工艺 (工藝)
工艺品 (工藝品)
工行 
手工 
打工 
收工 
放工 
施工 
民工 
清洁工 (清潔工)
特工 
理工 
罢工 (罷工)
义工 (義工)
职工 (職工)
临时工 (臨時工)
苦工 
农民工 (農民工)
开工 (開工)

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Meta:

  1. 作 is the 49th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 158 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), 丿 (bend), (one), (line), (two)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - to do/to grow/to write or compose/to pretend/to regard as/to feel/writings or works

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Medium Frequency

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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Meta:

  1. 室 is the 707th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 69 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (arrive)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi4 - surname Shi
  2. shi4 - room/work unit/grave/scabbard/family or clan/one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 室 (shi4): The component 至 is pronounced as 'zhi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

教室 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

休息室 
候车室 (候車室)
地下室 
 
室内 (室內)
室友 
室外 
室温 (室溫)
寝室 (寢室)
实验室 (實驗室)
居室 
工作室 
放映室 
更衣室 
会议室 (會議室)
浴室 
温室 (溫室)
画室 (畫室)
皇室 
科室 
卧室 (臥室)
课室 (課室)
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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