Meta:

  1. 方 is the 60th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. appears as a component in 86 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (square/raft)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fang1 - surname Fang
  2. fang1 - square/power or involution (mathematics)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 方 (fang1): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
 
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Medium Frequency

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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Meta:

  1. 针 is the 1114th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (ten)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen1 - needle/pin/injection/stitch/CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打针 (打針)
 ()
针对 (針對)
针织 (針織)

Medium Frequency

一针见血 (一針見血)
分针 (分針)
别针 (別針)
扎针 (扎針)
指南针 (指南針)
指针 (指針)
方针 (方針)
时针 (時針)
秒针 (秒針)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
缝针 (縫針)
胸针 (胸針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
逆时针 (逆時針)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
针刺 (針刺)
针对性 (針對性)
针灸 (針灸)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
顺时针 (順時針)
预防针 (預防針)
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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