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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or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough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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Meta:

  1. 婆 is the 1345th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (skin), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. po2 - grandmother/matron/mother-in-law

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 婆 (po2): The component 波 is pronounced as 'bo1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 婆 (po2): The component 皮 is pronounced as 'pi2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

老婆 

Medium Frequency

公婆 
外婆 
婆婆 
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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