1. 说
  2. 教

说

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Meta:

  1. 说 is the 24th most frequent character.
  2. 说 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 说 appears as a character in 91 words.
  4. 说 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
说 => 讠, 兑
Radical :
说 => 讠 (speech), 丷 (eight/divide), 口 (mouth), 儿 (legs)
Graphical :
说 => ㇊, 丶, 丷, 口, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shui4 - to canvass/to persuade/see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
  2. shuo1 - to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 说 (shui4): The component 兑 is pronounced as 'dui4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

传说 (傳說)
说 (說)

Medium Frequency

来说 (來說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
听说 (聽說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
说不定 (說不定)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说话 (說話)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)

教

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Meta:

  1. 教 is the 191st most frequent character.
  2. 教 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 教 appears as a character in 128 words.
  4. 教 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
教 => 孝, ⺙
Radical :
教 => 耂 (old), 子 (child), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
教 => 耂, ㇇, 亅, 一, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Jiao4 - surname Jiao
  2. jiao1 - to teach
  3. jiao4 - religion/teaching/to make/to cause/to tell

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 教 (jiao1): The component 孝 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 教 (jiao4): The component 孝 is pronounced as 'xiao4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

教 
教室 
教授 
教育 

Medium Frequency

佛教 
基督教 
外教 
宗教 
家教 
指教 
支教 
教主 
教务 (教務)
教堂 
教学 (教學)
教学楼 (教學樓)
教官 
教导 (教導)
教师 (教師)
教书 (教書)
教会 (教會)
教材 
教条 (教條)
教父 
教科书 (教科書)
教程 
教练 (教練)
教育部 
教训 (教訓)
教诲 (教誨)
教养 (教養)
求教 
异教徒 (異教徒)
管教 
胎教 
说教 (說教)
调教 (調教)
请教 (請教)
道教 
领教 (領教)
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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