Meta:

  1. 探 is the 915th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan4 - to explore/to search out/to scout/to visit/to stretch forward

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

侦探 (偵探)
 
探索 

Medium Frequency

勘探 
密探 
探奇 
探寻 (探尋)
探戈 
探望 
探秘 (探祕)
探究 
探亲 (探親)
探讨 (探討)
探访 (探訪)
探险 (探險)
探险家 (探險家)
窥探 (窺探)
试探 (試探)

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Meta:

  1. 奇 is the 563rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (big), (one), (hook), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji1 - odd (number)
  2. qi2 - strange/odd/weird/wonderful/surprisingly/unusually

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奇 (ji1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奇 (ji1): The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jue2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 奇 (qi2): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传奇 (傳奇)
奇怪 
奇迹 (奇跡)
好奇 
神奇 

Medium Frequency

出奇 
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
哈士奇 
 
奇兵 
奇妙 
奇幻 
奇才 
奇特 
奇异 (奇異)
奇闻 (奇聞)
奇葩 
奇袭 (奇襲)
奇观 (奇觀)
奇遇 
好奇心 
探奇 
新奇 
曲奇 
猎奇 (獵奇)
稀奇 
离奇 (離奇)
惊奇 (驚奇)
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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