1. 禅
  2. 院

禅

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  1. 禅 is the 2191st most frequent character.
  2. 禅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 禅 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 禅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
禅 => 礻, 单
Radical :
禅 => 礻 (sign), 丷 (eight/divide), 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
禅 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶, 戈, 丨, 丶, 丷, 冂, 二, 丨, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chan2 - dhyana (Sanskrit)/Zen/meditation (Buddhism)
  2. shan4 - to abdicate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 禅 (chan2): The component 单 is pronounced as 'dan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 禅 (shan4): The component 单 is pronounced as 'dan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 禅 (shan4): The component 礻 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 禅 (shan4): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 禅 (shan4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

口头禅 (口頭禪)
禅师 (禪師)

Medium Frequency

参禅 (參禪)
禅 (禪)
禅城 (禪城)
禅城区 (禪城區)
禅宗 (禪宗)
禅院 (禪院)

院

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Meta:

  1. 院 is the 338th most frequent character.
  2. 院 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 院 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 院 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
院 => 阝, 完
Radical :
院 => 阝 (town), 宀 (roof), 二 (two), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
院 => 丨, ㇌, 冖, 丶, 二, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yuan4 - courtyard/institution/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

学院 (學院)
影院 
法院 
医院 (醫院)
电影院 (電影院)

Medium Frequency

中科院 
住院 
入院 
出院 
副院长 (副院長)
剧院 (劇院)
博物院 
商学院 (商學院)
四合院 
国务院 (國務院)
大院 
妓院 
孤儿院 (孤兒院)
寺院 
庭院 
后院 (後院)
戏院 (戲院)
敬老院 
书院 (書院)
检察院 (檢察院)
歌剧院 (歌劇院)
病院 
研究院 
福利院 
科学院 (科學院)
美容院 
医学院 (醫學院)
院 
院士 
院子 
院校 
院长 (院長)
养老院 (養老院)
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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