HanziCraft - Information on 然,後

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然 is the 55th most frequent character.
然 has 1 dictionary entry.
然 appears as a character in 153 words.
然 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

然 => 肰, 灬

Radical :

然 => 月 (moon), 犬 (dog), 灬 (fire)

Graphical :

然 => 冂, 二, 人, 一, 丶, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

然后 (然後)

虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

理所当然 (理所當然)

当然 (當然)

突然间 (突然間)

释然 (釋然)

顺其自然 (順其自然)

显然 (顯然)

Appears In:

然 also appears in:

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後 is the 48th most frequent character.
後 has 1 dictionary entry.
後 appears as a character in 167 words.
後 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

後 => 彳, No glyph available

Radical :

後 => 彳 (step), 幺 (short/tiny), 夂 (go)

Graphical :

後 => ㇒, 丨, ㇛, 丶, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)

以后 (以後)

后悔 (後悔)

最后 (最後)

然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)

今后 (今後)

先后 (先後)

前后 (前後)

午后 (午後)

幕后 (幕後)

往后 (往後)

后代 (後代)

后来 (後來)

后台 (後台)

后天 (後天)

后宫 (後宮)

后年 (後年)

后期 (後期)

后果 (後果)

后续 (後續)

后者 (後者)

后台 (後臺)

后卫 (後衛)

后退 (後退)

后遗症 (後遺症)

后面 (後面)

日后 (日後)

背后 (背後)

落后 (落後)

身后 (身後)

过后 (過後)

酒后 (酒後)

随后 (隨後)

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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