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  1. 紙 is the 1018th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (clan)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - paper/CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]/classifier for documents, letter etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紙 (zhi3): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

报纸 (報紙)
壁纸 (壁紙)
 ()

Medium Frequency

剪纸 (剪紙)
图纸 (圖紙)
废纸 (廢紙)
折纸 (摺紙)
烧纸 (燒紙)
墙纸 (牆紙)
纸婚 (紙婚)
纸巾 (紙巾)
纸币 (紙幣)
纸张 (紙張)
纸杯 (紙杯)
纸板 (紙板)
纸条 (紙條)
纸片 (紙片)
纸牌 (紙牌)
纸箱 (紙箱)
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
贴纸 (貼紙)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)

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Meta:

  1. 牌 is the 1259th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 59 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (a slice), (upside down box), (two), (line), (dot), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pai2 - mahjong tile/playing card/game pieces/signboard/plate/tablet/medal/CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 牌 (pai2): The component 片 is pronounced as 'pian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 牌 (pai2): The component 片 is pronounced as 'pian1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

品牌 
打牌 
 

Medium Frequency

名牌 
大牌 
招牌 
洗牌 
牌坊 
牌子 
牌局 
牌照 
王牌 
玩牌 
登机牌 (登機牌)
盾牌 
车牌 (車牌)
金牌 
银牌 (銀牌)
铜牌 (銅牌)

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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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