1. 继
  2. 承

继

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  1. 继 is the 654th most frequent character.
  2. 继 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 继 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 继 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
继 => 纟, No glyph available
Radical :
继 => 纟 (silk), ㇗ (N/A), 米 (rice)
Graphical :
继 => ㇛, 一, ㇗, 一, 丨, 八, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji4 - to continue/to follow after/to go on with/to succeed/to inherit/then/afterwards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 继 (ji4): The component 纟 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 继 (ji4): The component 米 is pronounced as 'mi3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

继续 (繼續)

Medium Frequency

继 (繼)

承

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  1. 承 is the 638th most frequent character.
  2. 承 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 承 appears as a character in 46 words.
  4. 承 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
承 => 氶, 三
Radical :
承 => ㇖ (N/A), 水 (water), 一 (one), 二 (two)
Graphical :
承 => ㇖, 亅, ㇇, 冫, 一, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cheng2 - surname Cheng/Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. cheng2 - to bear/to carry/to hold/to continue/to undertake/to take charge/owing to/due to/to receive

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 承 (cheng2): The component 氶 is pronounced as 'zheng3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

承受 
承担 (承擔)
承认 (承認)
承诺 (承諾)

Medium Frequency

传承 (傳承)
奉承 
承 
承包 
承受力 
承德 
承接 
承载 (承載)
秉承 
继承 (繼承)
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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