1. 建
  2. 材

建

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Meta:

  1. 建 is the 244th most frequent character.
  2. 建 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 建 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 建 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
建 => 廴, 聿
Radical :
建 => 廴 (long stride), 聿 (brush)
Graphical :
建 => ㇋, ㇏, 匚, 一, 丨, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - to establish/to found/to set up/to build/to construct

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)
建设 (建設)
建议 (建議)
建造 
扩建 (擴建)

Medium Frequency

创建 (創建)
封建 
建 
建国 (建國)
建成 
建立 
建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
建行 
搭建 
新建 
构建 (構建)
福建 
组建 (組建)
重建 

Appears In:

建 also appears in:
健键腱犍毽鞬鍵踺楗

材

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Meta:

  1. 材 is the 950th most frequent character.
  2. 材 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 材 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 材 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
材 => 木, 才
Radical :
材 => 木 (tree), 𠂇 (left hand), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
材 => 一, 丨, 八, 𠂇, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai2 - material/timber/ability/aptitude/a capable individual/coffin (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 材 (cai2): The component 才 is pronounced as 'cai2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

材料 
身材 

Medium Frequency

器材 
建材 
教材 
材质 (材質)
棺材 
素材 
题材 (題材)
高材生 
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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