Meta:

  1. 敬 is the 1207th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (wrap), (mouth), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing4 - to respect/to venerate/to salute/to offer

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尊敬 
 
敬请 (敬請)
敬酒 
致敬 

Medium Frequency

可敬 
孝敬 
恭敬 
敬上 
敬仰 
敬佩 
敬意 
敬爱 (敬愛)
敬业 (敬業)
敬畏 
敬礼 (敬禮)
敬重 

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Meta:

  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

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Meta:

  1. 院 is the 338th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (roof), (two), (legs)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan4 - courtyard/institution/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

学院 (學院)
影院 
法院 
医院 (醫院)
电影院 (電影院)

Medium Frequency

中科院 
住院 
入院 
出院 
副院长 (副院長)
剧院 (劇院)
博物院 
商学院 (商學院)
四合院 
国务院 (國務院)
大院 
妓院 
孤儿院 (孤兒院)
寺院 
庭院 
后院 (後院)
戏院 (戲院)
敬老院 
书院 (書院)
检察院 (檢察院)
歌剧院 (歌劇院)
病院 
研究院 
福利院 
科学院 (科學院)
美容院 
医学院 (醫學院)
 
院士 
院子 
院校 
院长 (院長)
养老院 (養老院)
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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