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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or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough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. 板 is the 928th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 104 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (cliff), (right hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ban3 - board/plank/plate/shutter/table tennis bat/clappers (music)/CL:塊|块[kuai4]/accented beat in Chinese music/hard/stiff/to stop smiling or look serious
  2. ban3 - see 老闆|老板, boss
  3. pan4 - to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 板 (ban3): The component 反 is pronounced as 'fan3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 板 (pan4): The component 反 is pronounced as 'fan3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平板 
模板 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

主板 
刻板 
叫板 
呆板 
地板 
天花板 
木板 
 
板凳 
板块 (板塊)
板子 
板栗 
板鸭 (板鴨)
死板 
滑板 
白板 
篮板 (籃板)
纸板 (紙板)
老板娘 
脚板 (腳板)
踏板 
身板 
钢板 (鋼板)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
面板 (麵板)
黑板 
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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