1. 留
  2. 住

留

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Meta:

  1. 留 is the 554th most frequent character.
  2. 留 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 留 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 留 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
留 => 卯, 田
Radical :
留 => 卯 (N/A), 田 (field)
Graphical :
留 => 卯, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu2 - to leave (a message etc)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

留 
留下 

Medium Frequency

保留 
停留 
挽留 
收留 
残留 (殘留)
滞留 (滯留)
留住 
留作 
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
留守 
留影 
留心 
留念 
留情 
留意 
留恋 (留戀)
留神 
留给 (留給)
留言 
逗留 
遗留 (遺留)

Appears In:

留 also appears in:
溜瘤榴遛馏镏熘蹓骝鰡飗罶霤飀鬸鹠

住

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Meta:

  1. 住 is the 309th most frequent character.
  2. 住 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 住 appears as a character in 78 words.
  4. 住 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
住 => 亻, 主
Radical :
住 => 亻 (human), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
住 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 住 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

住 

Medium Frequency

住宅 
住房 
住院 
入住 
居住 
抓住 
挂住 (掛住)
握住 
留住 
记住 (記住)
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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