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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂇,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (work)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇, , ,

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

 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

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Meta:

  1. 顾 is the 813th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cliff), (second), (N/A), (leaf)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gu4 - surname Gu
  2. gu4 - to look after/to take into consideration/to attend to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

回顾 (回顧)
照顾 (照顧)
 ()
顾客 (顧客)

Medium Frequency

不屑一顾 (不屑一顧)
不顾 (不顧)
光顾 (光顧)
兼顾 (兼顧)
只顾 (只顧)
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)
眷顾 (眷顧)
义无反顾 (義無反顧)
顾及 (顧及)
顾问 (顧問)
顾忌 (顧忌)
顾虑 (顧慮)

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Meta:

  1. 右 is the 781st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 𠂇,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you4 - right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 右 (you4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

右边 (右邊)
左右 

Medium Frequency

 
右侧 (右側)
右手 
向右 
左右逢源 

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Meta:

  1. 盼 is the 2169th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (eye), (eight/divide), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pan4 - to hope for/to long for/to expect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

企盼 
期盼 
 
盼望 
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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