1. 朱
  2. 元
  3. 璋

朱

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  1. 朱 is the 1118th most frequent character.
  2. 朱 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 朱 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 朱 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
朱 => 未, ㇒
Radical :
朱 => 木 (tree), 一 (one), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
朱 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhu1 - surname Zhu
  2. zhu1 - vermilion
  3. zhu1 - cinnabar/see 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 朱 (zhu1): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

朱 
朱古力 

Medium Frequency

朱元璋 
朱熹 
朱砂 
朱红 (朱紅)
朱镕基 (朱鎔基)
朱雀 
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)

Appears In:

朱 also appears in:
殊珠株蛛诛铢侏茱洙姝邾硃鼄秼祩

元

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  1. 元 is the 370th most frequent character.
  2. 元 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 元 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 元 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
元 => 二, 儿
Radical :
元 => 二 (two), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
元 => 二, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yuan2 - surname Yuan/the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
  2. yuan2 - Chinese monetary unit/dollar/primary/first

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元 

Medium Frequency

元宵 
元宵节 (元宵節)
元宝 (元寶)
元旦 
元月 
元气 (元氣)
元素 
公元 
次元 
欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
美元 

Appears In:

元 also appears in:
完远园玩顽阮沅鼋芫朊鈨翫蚖黿貦笎

璋

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  1. 璋 is the 3261st most frequent character.
  2. 璋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 璋 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 璋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
璋 => 王, 章
Radical :
璋 => 王 (jade), 立 (stand erect), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
璋 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhang1 - ancient stone ornament

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 璋 (zhang1): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 璋 (zhang1): The component 章 is pronounced as 'zhang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 璋 (zhang1): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

朱元璋 
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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