Meta:

  1. 活 is the 219th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (tongue)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. huo2 - to live/alive/living/work/workmanship

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
活动 (活動)
生活 

Medium Frequency

干活 (幹活)
复活 (復活)
忙活 
活佛 
活力 
活活 
活泼 (活潑)
活该 (活該)
活跃 (活躍)
激活 

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Meta:

  1. 該 is the 319th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

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

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gai1 - should/ought to/probably/must be/to deserve/to owe/to be sb's turn to do sth/that/the above-mentioned

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 該 (gai1): The component 亥 is pronounced as 'hai4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 該 (gai1): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

应该 (應該)
 ()

Medium Frequency

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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