1. 老
  2. 天
  3. 爷

老

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

Decomposition:

Once :
老 => 耂, 匕
Radical :
老 => 老 (old)
Graphical :
老 => 耂, 乚, ㇒

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or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough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 
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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老 also appears in:
老鳍姥嗜佬耆耄铑蓍耋栳粩蛯耈荖鬐螧都者教考著诸署绪储猪赌孝屠堵睹煮烤奢暑嘟哮拷躇薯曙酵铐褚赭渚箸潴锗禇楮橥翥槠栲阇諸覩豬緒藷陼硣耇闍鲓鷵耊蠩

天

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Meta:

  1. 天 is the 78th most frequent character.
  2. 天 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 天 appears as a character in 349 words.
  4. 天 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
天 => 一, 大
Radical :
天 => 一 (one), 大 (big)
Graphical :
天 => 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - day/sky/heaven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

今天 
天 
天下 
明天 
昨天 

Medium Frequency

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天地 
天堂 
天天 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天气 (天氣)
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
后天 (後天)
整天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
飞天 (飛天)

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天 also appears in:
关吴奏吞蚕昊癸忝祆龑

爷

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
爷 => 父, No glyph available
Radical :
爷 => 父 (father), ㇆ (N/A), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
爷 => 八, 乂, ㇆, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye2 - grandpa/old gentleman

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大爷 (大爺)
爷爷 (爺爺)

Medium Frequency

姥爷 (姥爺)
少爷 (少爺)
爷 (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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