1. 常
  2. 識

常

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Meta:

  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 

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常 also appears in:
嫦

識

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Meta:

  1. 識 is the 340th most frequent character.
  2. 識 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 識 appears as a character in 42 words.
  4. 識 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
識 => 言, No glyph available
Radical :
識 => 言 (speech), 音 (sound), 戈 (spear)
Graphical :
識 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一, 戈

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi2 - to know/knowledge/Taiwan pr. [shi4]
  2. zhi4 - to record/to write a footnote

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

意识 (意識)
标识 (標識)
知识 (知識)
认识 (認識)

Medium Frequency

共识 (共識)
学识 (學識)
常识 (常識)
潜意识 (潛意識)
相识 (相識)
结识 (結識)
胆识 (膽識)
见识 (見識)
识 (識)
识别 (識別)
识字 (識字)
识破 (識破)
赏识 (賞識)
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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