HanziCraft - Information on 本,钱

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本

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本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
本 has 1 dictionary entry.
本 appears as a character in 142 words.
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:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

本来 (本來)

赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

剧本 (劇本)

墨尔本 (墨爾本)

书本 (書本)

本质 (本質)

本钱 (本錢)

本领 (本領)

标本 (標本)

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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钱

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钱 is the 603rd most frequent character.
钱 has 2 dictionary entries.
钱 appears as a character in 62 words.
钱 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :

钱 => 钅, 戋

Radical :

钱 => 钅 (metal/gold), 戋 (N/A)

Graphical :

钱 => 丿, 一, 乚, 二, 戋

Pinyin & Meaning:

Qian2 - surname Qian
qian2 - coin/money/CL:筆|笔[bi3]/unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 钱 (qian2): The component 戋 is pronounced as 'jian1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

值钱 (值錢)

价钱 (價錢)

存钱 (存錢)

挣钱 (掙錢)

有钱 (有錢)

有钱人 (有錢人)

本钱 (本錢)

金钱 (金錢)

钱包 (錢包)

钱财 (錢財)

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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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