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  1. 杜 is the 1275th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Du4 - surname Du
  2. du4 - birchleaf pear (tree)/to stop/to prevent/to restrict

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 杜 (du4): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 杜 (du4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
杜仲 
杜绝 (杜絕)
杜鹃 (杜鵑)

Medium Frequency

杜塞 
杜塞尔多夫 (杜塞爾多夫)
杜康 
杜撰 
杜月笙 
杜牧 
杜琪峰 
杜甫 
杜邦 
杜鹃花 (杜鵑花)

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Meta:

  1. 牧 is the 1578th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cow), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mu4 - surname Mu
  2. mu4 - to herd/to breed livestock/to govern (old)/government official (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 牧 (mu4): The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pu1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

牧场 (牧場)
牧师 (牧師)

Medium Frequency

 
牧民 
牧童 
牧羊 
牧羊人 
牧马人 (牧馬人)
游牧 (遊牧)
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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