Meta:

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

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

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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Example Words:

High Frequency

反正 
 
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 

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Meta:

  1. 好 is the 82nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 135 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hao3 - good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating completion or readiness)/to be in love (e.g. 学姐,你跟他好了,就不怕代沟么?)
  2. hao4 - to be fond of/to have a tendency to/to be prone to

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

只好 
好不容易 
好久 
好似 
好像 
好友 
好吃 
好多 
好好 
好几 (好幾)
好意思 
好玩 
好看 
好听 (好聽)
好处 (好處)
好运 (好運)
幸好 
最好 
美好 
说好 (說好)
还好 (還好)
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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