Meta:

  1. 社 is the 270th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 55 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sign), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she4 - society/group/club/agency/(old) god of the land

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 社 (she4): The component 礻 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

社交 
社区 (社區)
社会 (社會)
黑社会 (黑社會)

Medium Frequency

公社 
出版社 
报社 (報社)
新华社 (新華社)
旅行社 
法新社 
 
社保 
社团 (社團)
社会主义 (社會主義)
社会化 (社會化)
社会学 (社會學)
社长 (社長)

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Meta:

  1. 保 is the 266th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 126 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (mouth), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bao3 - Bulgaria/Bulgarian/abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]
  2. bao3 - to defend/to protect/to insure or guarantee/to maintain/hold or keep/to guard

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保佑 
保持 
保暖 
保证 (保證)
保护 (保護)

Medium Frequency

 
保住 
保健 
保姆 
保存 
保守 
保安 
保定 
保密 
保时捷 (保時捷)
保温 (保溫)
保湿 (保濕)
保留 
保管 
保罗 (保羅)
保卫 (保衛)
保护区 (保護區)
保质期 (保質期)
保重 
保镖 (保鏢)
保障 
保险 (保險)
保养 (保養)
保鲜膜 (保鮮膜)
担保 (擔保)
环保 (環保)
确保 (確保)
社保 

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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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