1. 最
  2. 近

最

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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.

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

近

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Meta:

  1. 近 is the 374th most frequent character.
  2. 近 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 近 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 近 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
近 => 辶, 斤
Radical :
近 => 辶 (walk), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
近 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin4 - near/close to/approximately

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 近 (jin4): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

最近 
近 

Medium Frequency

将近 (將近)
接近 
临近 (臨近)
亲近 (親近)
近来 (近來)
近年 
近日 
近期 
近视 (近視)
附近 
靠近 

Appears In:

近 also appears in:
菦
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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