1. 曾

曾

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Meta:

  1. 曾 is the 463rd most frequent character.
  2. 曾 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 曾 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 曾 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
曾 => No glyph available, 日
Radical :
曾 => 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
曾 => 丷, 口, 丨, 丷, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zeng1 - surname Zeng
  2. ceng2 - once/already/ever (in the past)/former/previously/(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
  3. zeng1 - great-grand (father, child etc)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

曾 
曾经 (曾經)

Medium Frequency

Appears In:

曾 also appears in:
增僧赠憎蹭甑噌缯罾矰贈譄鄫繒磳鬙
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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