1. 美
  2. 甲

美

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Meta:

  1. 美 is the 151st most frequent character.
  2. 美 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 美 appears as a character in 151 words.
  4. 美 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
美 => 羊, 大
Radical :
美 => 羊 (sheep), 大 (big)
Graphical :
美 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Mei3 - the Americas/abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]/USA/abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
  2. mei3 - beautiful/very satisfactory/good/to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

完美 
美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美丽 (美麗)

Medium Frequency

优美 (優美)
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
甜美 
精美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美金 
美食 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)

Appears In:

美 also appears in:
羹镁

甲

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Meta:

  1. 甲 is the 1104th most frequent character.
  2. 甲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 甲 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 甲 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甲 => 冂, No glyph available
Radical :
甲 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
甲 => 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia3 - first of the ten heavenly stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(used for an unspecified person or thing)/first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)/armor plating/shell or carapace/(of the fingers or toes) nail/bladed leather or metal armor (old)/ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)/civil administration unit (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甲 (jia3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

指甲 
甲 

Medium Frequency

指甲油 
甲乙 
甲亢 
甲子 
甲方 
甲板 
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
甲醛 
甲骨文 
盔甲 
美甲 
花甲 
趾甲 
铠甲 (鎧甲)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
马甲 (馬甲)
鳞甲 (鱗甲)

Appears In:

甲 also appears in:
押鸭禺匣闸钾呷岬胛厣狎柙鉀鴨翈
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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