Meta:

  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or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough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. 师 is the 333rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 85 words.
  4. appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> No glyph available, (one), (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shi1 - surname Shi
  2. shi1 - teacher/master/expert/model/army division/(old) troops/to dispatch troops

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 师 (shi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

师傅 (師傅)
老师 (老師)

Medium Frequency

出师 (出師)
分析师 (分析師)
大师 (大師)
宗师 (宗師)
导师 (導師)
工程师 (工程師)
 ()
师兄 (師兄)
师大 (師大)
师妹 (師妹)
师姐 (師姐)
师弟 (師弟)
师徒 (師徒)
师父 (師父)
师生 (師生)
师范 (師範)
师长 (師長)
厨师 (廚師)
建筑师 (建築師)
律师 (律師)
摄影师 (攝影師)
教师 (教師)
法师 (法師)
牧师 (牧師)
理发师 (理髮師)
禅师 (禪師)
设计师 (設計師)
医师 (醫師)
发型师 (髮型師)
魔法师 (魔法師)
魔术师 (魔術師)

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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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