Meta:

  1. 弓 is the 2224th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. appears as a component in 82 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (bow)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Gong1 - surname Gong
  2. gong1 - a bow (weapon)/CL:張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 弓 (gong1): The component 弓 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

弓形 
弹弓 (彈弓)

Medium Frequency

 
弓弦 
弓箭 
弓箭手 
惊弓之鸟 (驚弓之鳥)

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Meta:

  1. 箭 is the 1494th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (eight/divide), (one), (moon), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - arrow/CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 箭 (jian4): The component 前 is pronounced as 'qian2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

火箭 
 

Medium Frequency

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
射箭 
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
箭头 (箭頭)

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Meta:

  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 
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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