1. 张
  2. 作
  3. 霖

张

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  1. 张 is the 318th most frequent character.
  2. 张 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 张 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 张 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
张 => 弓, 长
Radical :
张 => 弓 (bow), 长 (long/grow)
Graphical :
张 => 匚, ㇉, 乚, 冫, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhang1 - surname Zhang
  2. zhang1 - to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'chang2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 张 (zhang1): The component 长 is pronounced as 'zhang3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

张 (張)
紧张 (緊張)

Medium Frequency

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张学友 (張學友)
张家界 (張家界)
张居正 (張居正)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
慌张 (慌張)
扩张 (擴張)
夸张 (誇張)
开张 (開張)

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张 also appears in:
涨

作

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Meta:

  1. 作 is the 49th most frequent character.
  2. 作 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 作 appears as a character in 158 words.
  4. 作 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
作 => 亻, 乍
Radical :
作 => 亻 (human), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), 丨 (line), 二 (two)
Graphical :
作 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, 一, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zuo4 - to do/to grow/to write or compose/to pretend/to regard as/to feel/writings or works

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作 
作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Medium Frequency

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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作 also appears in:
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霖

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Meta:

  1. 霖 is the 3127th most frequent character.
  2. 霖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 霖 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 霖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
霖 => 雨, 林
Radical :
霖 => 雨 (rain), 林 (N/A)
Graphical :
霖 => 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 林

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin2 - continued rain

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 霖 (lin2): The component 林 is pronounced as 'lin2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

张作霖 (張作霖)
霖 
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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