1. 本
  2. 土

本

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  1. 本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
  2. 本 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 本 appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. 本 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
本 => 木, 一
Radical :
本 => 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
本 => 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)

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本 also appears in:
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土

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Meta:

  1. 土 is the 515th most frequent character.
  2. 土 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 土 appears as a character in 105 words.
  4. 土 appears as a component in 346 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
土 => 十, 一
Radical :
土 => 土 (earth)
Graphical :
土 => 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tu3 - Tu (ethnic group)/surname Tu
  2. tu3 - earth/dust/clay/local/indigenous/crude opium/unsophisticated/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 土 (tu3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

土 
土地 
土豆 

Medium Frequency

入土 
出土 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
国土 (國土)
土人 
土包子 
土匪 
土司 
土壤 
土家族 
土星 
土木 
土楼 (土樓)
土特产 (土特產)
土生土长 (土生土長)
土耳其 
土著 
土豆泥 
土豪 
土鳖 (土鱉)
尘土 (塵土)
故土 
本土 
水土 
水土不服 
泥土 
净土 (淨土)
混凝土 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

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土 also appears in:
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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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