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  1. 譚 is the 2140th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (speech), 西 (west), (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , 丿, , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - variant of 談|谈[tan2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 譚 (tan2): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谭咏麟 (譚詠麟)

Medium Frequency

天方夜谭 (天方夜譚)
 ()

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Meta:

  1. 詠 is the 3463rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (N/A), (N/A), No glyph available, (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yong3 - to sing

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 詠 (yong3): The component 永 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 詠 (yong3): The component 言 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

谭咏麟 (譚詠麟)

Medium Frequency

吟咏 (吟詠)
歌咏 (歌詠)
袁咏仪 (袁詠儀)
 ()
咏叹调 (詠嘆調)
咏春 (詠春)
咏春拳 (詠春拳)

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  1. 麟 is the 2746th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 鹿,
Radical :
=> 鹿 (deer), (rice), (opposite)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin2 - female unicorn/see 麒麟

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 麟 (lin2): The component 鹿 is pronounced as 'lu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

麒麟 

Medium Frequency

谭咏麟 (譚詠麟)
凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角)
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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