Meta:

  1. 此 is the 116th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. appears as a component in 21 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stop), (spoon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ci3 - this/these

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 此 (ci3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

如此 
 

Medium Frequency

因此 
彼此 
从此 (從此)
此刻 
此外 
此时 (此時)
特此 

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Meta:

  1. 刻 is the 618th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (lid), (line), (N/A), (human), (knife)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke4 - quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/classifier for short time intervals

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
时刻 (時刻)
此刻 
铭刻 (銘刻)

Medium Frequency

刻意 
刻骨 
刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
即刻 
时时刻刻 (時時刻刻)
深刻 
片刻 
立刻 
苛刻 
雕刻 
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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