1. 祝
  2. 壽

祝

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  1. 祝 is the 1649th most frequent character.
  2. 祝 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 祝 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 祝 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
祝 => 礻, 兄
Radical :
祝 => 礻 (sign), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
祝 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 丶, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhu4 - surname Zhu
  2. zhu4 - to wish/to express good wishes/to pray/(old) wizard

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

祝 
祝福 

Medium Frequency

庆祝 (慶祝)
祝愿 (祝願)

壽

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  1. 壽 is the 1613th most frequent character.
  2. 壽 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 壽 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 壽 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壽 => No glyph available, 吋
Radical :
壽 => 士 (scholar), ㇖ (N/A), 工 (work), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
壽 => 一, 丨, 一, ㇖, 一, 丨, 一, 一, 口, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shou4 - surname Shou
  2. shou4 - long life/old age/age/life/birthday/funerary

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壽 (shou4): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 壽 (shou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寿司 (壽司)
寿命 (壽命)
寿星 (壽星)
长寿 (長壽)

Medium Frequency

寿光 (壽光)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
寿终正寝 (壽終正寢)
寿面 (壽麵)
延寿 (延壽)
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
祝寿 (祝壽)
高寿 (高壽)

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壽 also appears in:
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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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