1. 蒲
  2. 公
  3. 英

蒲

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  1. 蒲 is the 2339th most frequent character.
  2. 蒲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 蒲 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 蒲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蒲 => 艹, 浦
Radical :
蒲 => 艹 (grass), 氵 (water), 十 (ten), 用 (use), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
蒲 => 艹, ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丨, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Pu2 - surname Pu/old place name
  2. pu2 - refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis/common cattail/bullrush

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蒲 (pu2): The component 浦 is pronounced as 'pu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蒲 (pu2): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蒲公英 

Medium Frequency

蒲 
蒲剧 (蒲劇)
蒲团 (蒲團)
蒲扇 
蒲江 

公

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  1. 公 is the 115th most frequent character.
  2. 公 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 公 appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. 公 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
公 => 八, 厶
Radical :
公 => 八 (eight/divide), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
公 => 八, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gong1 - public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

不公 
主人公 
公 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

Appears In:

公 also appears in:
松讼翁颂瓮蚣衮忪頌訟鈆

英

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  1. 英 is the 371st most frequent character.
  2. 英 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 英 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 英 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
英 => 艹, 央
Radical :
英 => 艹 (grass), 大 (big), 冂 (upside down box)
Graphical :
英 => 艹, 人, 一, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ying1 - United Kingdom/British/England/English/abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
  2. ying1 - brave

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 英 (ying1): The component 央 is pronounced as 'yang1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

英语 (英語)
英雄 

Medium Frequency

精英 
英 
英俊 
英勇 
英国 (英國)
英国人 (英國人)
英寸 
英文 
英明 
英超 
英镑 (英鎊)
蒲公英 
蔡英文 
马英九 (馬英九)

Appears In:

英 also appears in:
瑛韺锳
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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