Meta:

  1. 講 is the 555th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), No glyph available, (two), (one), (upside down box), (earth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiang3 - to speak/to explain/to negotiate/to emphasise/to be particular about/as far as sth is concerned/speech/lecture

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 講 (jiang3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()

Medium Frequency

来讲 (來講)
演讲 (演講)
听讲 (聽講)
讲到 (講到)
讲坛 (講壇)
讲座 (講座)
讲理 (講理)
讲究 (講究)
讲解 (講解)
讲话 (講話)
讲课 (講課)
讲述 (講述)

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Meta:

  1. 話 is the 170th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 119 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (tongue)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hua4 - dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what sb said/CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大话骰 (大話骰)
的话 (的話)
 ()
说话 (說話)
电话 (電話)

Medium Frequency

俗话 (俗話)
假话 (假話)
坏话 (壞話)
梦话 (夢話)
好话 (好話)
实话 (實話)
对话 (對話)
废话 (廢話)
心里话 (心裡話)
情话 (情話)
普通话 (普通話)
无话可说 (無話可說)
神话 (神話)
童话 (童話)
笑话 (笑話)
听话 (聽話)
话剧 (話劇)
话语 (話語)
话费 (話費)
话题 (話題)
谈话 (談話)
谎话 (謊話)
讲话 (講話)
通话 (通話)
电话卡 (電話卡)
脏话 (髒話)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.