1. 左
  2. 邊

左

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  1. 左 is the 780th most frequent character.
  2. 左 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 左 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 左 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
左 => 𠂇, 工
Radical :
左 => 𠂇 (left hand), 工 (work)
Graphical :
左 => 𠂇, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo3 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo3 - left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

左 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

Appears In:

左 also appears in:
佐

邊

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Meta:

  1. 邊 is the 316th most frequent character.
  2. 邊 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 邊 appears as a character in 100 words.
  4. 邊 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
邊 => 辶, 臱
Radical :
邊 => 辶 (walk), 自 (self), 穴 (cave), 方 (square/raft)
Graphical :
邊 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 口, 二, 丶, 冖, 丶, 八, 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bian1 - side/edge/margin/border/boundary/CL:個|个[ge4]/simultaneously
  2. bian5 - suffix of a noun of locality

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一边 (一邊)
周边 (周邊)
旁边 (旁邊)
身边 (身邊)
周边 (週邊)
边 (邊)

Medium Frequency

右边 (右邊)
外边 (外邊)
天边 (天邊)
左边 (左邊)
后边 (後邊)
河边 (河邊)
海边 (海邊)
无边 (無邊)
花边 (花邊)
里边 (裡邊)
西边 (西邊)
路边 (路邊)
边度 (邊度)
边缘 (邊緣)
边际 (邊際)
那边 (那邊)
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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