1. 是
  2. 非

是

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Meta:

  1. 是 is the 3rd most frequent character.
  2. 是 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 是 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 是 appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
是 => 日, 𤴓
Radical :
是 => 日 (sun/day), 一 (one), 龰 (N/A)
Graphical :
是 => 口, 一, 一, 龰

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - is/are/am/yes/to be

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

是 

Medium Frequency

但是 
只是 
可是 
于是 (於是)
是否 
总是 (總是)
还是 (還是)

Appears In:

是 also appears in:
提题堤匙題韪缇醍鞮鳀隄趧鶗騠緹禔遈

非

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Meta:

  1. 非 is the 283rd most frequent character.
  2. 非 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 非 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 非 appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
非 => No glyph available
Radical :
非 => 非 (wrong)
Graphical :
非 => 非

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei1 - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  2. fei1 - to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/(colloquial) to insist on/simply must

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 非 (fei1): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

非 
非常 

Medium Frequency

北非 
南非 
口是心非 
是非 
无非 (無非)
莫非 
除非 
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)
非凡 
非法 
非洲 
非要 
非诚勿扰 (非誠勿擾)

Appears In:

非 also appears in:
非排罪靠悲菲辈匪啡斐靡徘裴诽腓绯扉翡韭蜚霏俳榧鲱痱蘼悱薤篚鯡輩裶蕜緋
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.