1. 支
  2. 持
  3. 者

支

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  1. 支 is the 437th most frequent character.
  2. 支 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 支 appears as a character in 49 words.
  4. 支 appears as a component in 21 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
支 => 十, 又
Radical :
支 => 支 (branch)
Graphical :
支 => 一, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhi1 - surname Zhi
  2. zhi1 - to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 支 (zhi1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 支 (zhi1): The component 支 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

支持 

Medium Frequency

支 
支付 
支援 
支撑 (支撐)
透支 

Appears In:

支 also appears in:
技支鼓枝翅歧肢妓吱伎岐庋屐芰豉忮跂頍衼蚑鳷

持

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Meta:

  1. 持 is the 357th most frequent character.
  2. 持 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 持 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 持 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
持 => 扌, 寺
Radical :
持 => 扌 (hand), 土 (earth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
持 => 亅, 二, 一, 丨, 一, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi2 - to hold/to grasp/to support/to maintain/to persevere/to manage/to run (i.e. administer)/to control

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 持 (chi2): The component 寺 is pronounced as 'si4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坚持 (堅持)
支持 

Medium Frequency

主持 
主持人 
保持 
持 
持续 (持續)
维持 (維持)

者

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Meta:

  1. 者 is the 103rd most frequent character.
  2. 者 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 者 appears as a character in 225 words.
  4. 者 appears as a component in 28 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
者 => 耂, 日
Radical :
者 => 耂 (old), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
者 => 耂, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhe3 - (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) .../(after a noun) person involved in .../-er/-ist/(used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously)/(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)/(old) (used at the end of a command)/(old) this

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

作者 
告密者 
患者 
或者 
终结者 (終結者)
者 
记者 (記者)

Medium Frequency

使用者 
使者 
侍者 
伤者 (傷者)
初学者 (初學者)
前者 
创业者 (創業者)
胜利者 (勝利者)
劳动者 (勞動者)
参与者 (參與者)
受害者 
失败者 (失敗者)
学者 (學者)
完美主义者 (完美主義者)
工作者 
后者 (後者)
忍者 
志愿者 (志願者)
爱国者 (愛國者)
爱好者 (愛好者)
应聘者 (應聘者)
投资者 (投資者)
拓荒者 
操作者 
支持者 
旁观者 (旁觀者)
旅行者 
智者 
步行者 
死者 
求职者 (求職者)
流浪者 
消费者 (消費者)
火影忍者 
获奖者 (穫獎者)
第三者 
笔者 (筆者)
素食者 
统治者 (統治者)
经营者 (經營者)
老者 
听者 (聽者)
舞者 
行者 
制造者 (製造者)
记者会 (記者會)
设计者 (設計者)
读者 (讀者)
逝者 
长者 (長者)
领导者 (領導者)

Appears In:

者 also appears in:
都著诸署绪猪赌屠堵睹煮奢暑褚赭渚箸锗禇楮翥阇諸覩豬緒陼闍
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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