1. 正
  2. 太

正

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Meta:

  1. 正 is the 129th most frequent character.
  2. 正 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 正 appears as a character in 148 words.
  4. 正 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
正→
一止
2Radical
正→
一one止stop
3Graphical
正→
一丨一丨一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - first month of the lunar year
  2. zheng4 - just (right)/main/upright/straight/correct/positive/greater than zero/principle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng1): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 正 (zheng4): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In:

正 also appears in:
政证整征症怔歪焉罡钲証

Example Words:

High Frequency

反正 
正 
正在 
正式 
真正 

Medium Frequency

修正 
公正 
张居正 (張居正)
改正 
正午 
正品 
正太 
正好 
正宗 
正常 
正月 
正版 
正直 
正确 (正確)
正经 (正經)
正义 (正義)
正道 
正面 

太

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Previous (目)Next (量)

Meta:

  1. 太 is the 240th most frequent character.
  2. 太 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 太 appears as a character in 100 words.
  4. 太 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
太→
大丶
2Radical
太→
大big丶dot
3Graphical
太→
人一丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tai4 - highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 太 (tai4): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In:

太 also appears in:
态汰钛肽呔酞鈦盇粏迏舦

Example Words:

High Frequency

太 

Medium Frequency

太原 
太太 
太平 
太平洋 
太白 
太过 (太過)
太阳 (太陽)
正太 
老太太 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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