1. 清
  2. 明

清

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Meta:

  1. 清 is the 335th most frequent character.
  2. 清 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 清 appears as a character in 169 words.
  4. 清 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
清 => 氵, 青
Radical :
清 => 氵 (water), 青 (green/blue)
Graphical :
清 => ⺀, ㇀, 龶, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qing1 - Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)/surname Qing
  2. qing1 - clear/distinct/quiet/just and honest/pure/to settle or clear up/to clean up or purge

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 清 (qing1): The component 青 is pronounced as 'qing1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

清 
清新 
清早 
清晨 
清晰 
清楚 
清醒 
高清 

Medium Frequency

冷冷清清 
冷清 
分清 
大清早 
模糊不清 
清一色 
清单 (清單)
清扫 (清掃)
清明 
清朝 
清水 
清洗 
清凉 (清涼)
清淡 
清净 (清淨)
清洁 (清潔)
清洁工 (清潔工)
清澈 
清热 (清熱)
清爽 
清理 
清白 
清秀 
清空 
清纯 (清純)
清脆 
清华 (清華)
清蒸 
清远 (清遠)
清酒 
清闲 (清閒)
清除 
清静 (清靜)
清风 (清風)
清香 
清高 
澄清 
看清 
认清 (認清)

明

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Meta:

  1. 明 is the 121st most frequent character.
  2. 明 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 明 appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. 明 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
明 => 日, 月
Radical :
明 => 日 (sun/day), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
明 => 口, 一, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ming2 - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. ming2 - bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明天 
明星 
明白 

Medium Frequency

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
明 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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明 also appears in:
盟萌
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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