1. 能
  2. 否

能

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Meta:

  1. 能 is the 35th most frequent character.
  2. 能 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 能 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 能 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
能→
䏍No glyph available
2Radical
能→
厶private月moonNo glyph available
3Graphical
能→
㇛丶冂二匕

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Neng2 - surname Neng
  2. neng2 - to be able to/to be capable of/ability/capability/able/capable/can possibly/(usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In:

能 also appears in:
熊罷螚褦

Example Words:

High Frequency

能 

Medium Frequency

功能 
可能 
技能 
智能 
能力 
能否 
能够 (能夠)
能干 (能幹)
能量 

否

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Meta:

  1. 否 is the 620th most frequent character.
  2. 否 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 否 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 否 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

1Once
否→
不口
2Radical
否→
一one丿bend卜divination口mouth
3Graphical
否→
一丿丨丶口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fou3 - to negate/to deny/not
  2. pi3 - clogged/evil

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 否 (fou3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 否 (pi3): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 否 (pi3): The component 丿 is pronounced as 'pie3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In:

否 also appears in:
痞

Example Words:

High Frequency

是否 

Medium Frequency

否则 (否則)
否定 
否认 (否認)
能否 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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