1. 最
  2. 初

最

Previous (很)Next (重)

Meta:

  1. 最 is the 139th most frequent character.
  2. 最 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 最 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 最 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
最 => 曰, 取
Radical :
最 => 曰 (say), 耳 (ear), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
最 => 口, 一, 二, 丨, 二, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zui4 - most/the most/-est (superlative suffix)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

最 

Medium Frequency

最好 
最后 (最後)
最新 
最终 (最終)
最近 

Appears In:

最 also appears in:
撮嘬蕞

初

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Meta:

  1. 初 is the 666th most frequent character.
  2. 初 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 初 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 初 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
初 => 衤, 刀
Radical :
初 => 衤 (clothes), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
初 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 冫, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chu1 - at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

初 
初一 

Medium Frequency

初三 
初中 
初二 
初恋 (初戀)
初步 
初级 (初級)
年初 
最初 
当初 (當初)
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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