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  1. 老 is the 179th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 178 words.
  4. appears as a component in 71 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (old)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lao3 - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 老 (lao3): The component 老 is pronounced as 'lao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)

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  1. 佛 is the 770th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (bow), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fo2 - Buddha/Buddhism
  2. fu2 - seemingly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 佛 (fu2): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

仿佛 (仿彿)
 
佛山 
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)

Medium Frequency

佛像 
佛光 
佛塔 
佛学 (佛學)
佛山市 
佛性 
佛教 
佛法 
佛爷 (佛爺)
佛祖 
佛经 (佛經)
佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
佛语 (佛語)
佛跳墙 (佛跳牆)
佛陀 
信佛 
哈佛 
念佛 
抱佛脚 (抱佛腳)
拜佛 
活佛 
老佛爷 (老佛爺)
雪佛兰 (雪佛蘭)

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Meta:

  1. 爺 is the 1005th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (father), (ear), (town)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye2 - grandpa/old gentleman

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 爺 (ye2): The component 耶 is pronounced as 'ye1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 爺 (ye2): The component 耶 is pronounced as 'ye2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 爺 (ye2): The component 耶 is pronounced as 'ye5'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大爷 (大爺)
爷爷 (爺爺)

Medium Frequency

姥爷 (姥爺)
少爷 (少爺)
 ()
爷们 (爺們)
爷们儿 (爺們兒)
老天爷 (老天爺)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
财神爷 (財神爺)
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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