1. 本
  2. 能

本

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Meta:

  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)

Appears In:

本 also appears in:
体笨钵苯缽翉

能

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Meta:

  1. 能 is the 35th most frequent character.
  2. 能 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 能 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 能 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
能 => 䏍, No glyph available
Radical :
能 => 厶 (private), 月 (moon), No glyph available
Graphical :
能 => ㇛, 丶, 冂, 二, 匕

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Neng2 - surname Neng
  2. neng2 - to be able to/to be capable of/ability/capability/able/capable/can possibly/(usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

能 

Medium Frequency

功能 
可能 
技能 
智能 
能力 
能否 
能够 (能夠)
能干 (能幹)
能量 

Appears In:

能 also appears in:
熊罷螚褦
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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