1. 牢
  2. 籠

牢

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  1. 牢 is the 1694th most frequent character.
  2. 牢 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 牢 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 牢 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
牢 => 宀, 牛
Radical :
牢 => 宀 (roof), 牛 (cow)
Graphical :
牢 => 冖, 丶, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao2 - firm/sturdy/fold (for animals)/sacrifice/prison

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

牢 
牢骚 (牢騷)

Medium Frequency

地牢 
坐牢 
套牢 
牢固 
牢房 
牢牢 
牢笼 (牢籠)
牢记 (牢記)
发牢骚 (發牢騷)

籠

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Meta:

  1. 籠 is the 1925th most frequent character.
  2. 籠 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 籠 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 籠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
籠 => ⺮, 龍
Radical :
籠 => ⺮ (bamboo), 龍 (dragon)
Graphical :
籠 => ⺮, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 冂, 二, 己, 丨, 一, 二, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. long2 - basket/cage/flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum 點心|点心[dian3 xin5] such as 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5], 包子[bao1 zi5] etc/to cover/to cage/to embrace/to manipulate through trickery
  2. long3 - to cover/to cage/covering/also pr. [long2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 籠 (long2): The component 龍 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 籠 (long3): The component 龍 is pronounced as 'long2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

回笼 (回籠)
笼 (籠)
笼子 (籠子)
笼罩 (籠罩)
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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