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  1. 王 is the 299th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 107 words.
  4. appears as a component in 203 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (jade)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wang2 - surname Wang
  2. wang2 - king or monarch/best or strongest of its type/grand/great
  3. wang4 - to rule/to reign over

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 王 (wang2): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 王 (wang2): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 王 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 王 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

女王 
 
王子 
王道 

Medium Frequency

君王 
国王 (國王)
大王 
天王 
帝王 
猴王 
王八 
王八蛋 
王冠 
王力宏 
王国 (王國)
王妃 
王府井 
王朝 
王牌 
王老吉 
王菲 
霸王 
魔王 
龙王 (龍王)

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  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (old)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

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Meta:

  1. 吉 is the 854th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (scholar), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji2 - surname Ji/abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
  2. ji2 - lucky/giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吉 (ji2): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
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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