1. 次
  2. 序

次

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Meta:

  1. 次 is the 183rd most frequent character.
  2. 次 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 次 appears as a character in 51 words.
  4. 次 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
次 => 冫, 欠
Radical :
次 => 冫 (ice), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
次 => 丶, ㇀, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci4 - next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chemistry)/classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

次 

Medium Frequency

人次 
再次 
次数 (次數)
次方 

Appears In:

次 also appears in:
资盗姿茨瓷咨羡恣粢資趑餈秶

序

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Previous (良)Next (升)

Meta:

  1. 序 is the 834th most frequent character.
  2. 序 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 序 appears as a character in 25 words.
  4. 序 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
序 => 广, 予
Radical :
序 => 广 (house on cliff), 龴 (N/A), ㇖ (N/A), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
序 => 厂, 丶, 龴, ㇖, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu4 - order/sequence/preface

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 序 (xu4): The component 予 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 序 (xu4): The component 予 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

秩序 
程序 
程序员 (程序員)
顺序 (順序)

Medium Frequency

工序 
序 
序幕 
序曲 
循序渐进 (循序漸進)
排序 
有序 
次序 
无序 (無序)
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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