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  1. 芝 is the 2145th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (jade), (dot), (spear), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi1 - Zoysia pungens

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 芝 (zhi1): The component 之 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 芝 (zhi1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

芝麻 

Medium Frequency

张柏芝 (張柏芝)
芝加哥 
芝士 
芝麻官 
灵芝 (靈芝)
黑芝麻 

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  1. 麻 is the 1106th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 22 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广,
Radical :
=> (hemp)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ma2 - surname Ma
  2. ma2 - generic name for hemp, flax etc/hemp or flax fiber for textile materials/sesame/CL:縷|缕[lu:3]/(of materials) rough or coarse/pocked/pitted/to have pins and needles or tingling/to feel numb

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麻 (ma2): The component 麻 is pronounced as 'ma2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

麻将 (麻將)
麻烦 (麻煩)

Medium Frequency

密密麻麻 
发麻 (發麻)
肉麻 
芝麻 
芝麻官 
 
麻木 
麻油 
麻痹 (麻痺)
麻花 
麻袋 
麻辣 
麻辣烫 (麻辣燙)
麻醉 
麻雀 
黑芝麻 

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Meta:

  1. 官 is the 432nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Guan1 - surname Guan
  2. guan1 - official/government/organ of body/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

官员 (官員)
官方 

Medium Frequency

五官 
做官 
判官 
升官 
器官 
 
官僚 
官兵 
官司 
官场 (官場)
官府 
客官 
感官 
收官 
教官 
检察官 (檢察官)
法官 
清官 
看官 
考官 
芝麻官 
警官 
贪官 (貪官)
军官 (軍官)
长官 (長官)
高官 

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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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