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

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (long stride), (brush)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

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 

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Meta:

  1. 造 is the 354th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (cow), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zao4 - to make/to build/to invent/to manufacture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 造 (zao4): The component 告 is pronounced as 'gao4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

创造 (創造)
建造 
营造 (營造)
造型 
造成 

Medium Frequency

人造 
制造业 (制造業)
创造力 (創造力)
塑造 
打造 
改造 
制造 (製造)
 
造假 
造句 
造孽 
造就 

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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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