1. 这
  2. 些

这

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Meta:

  1. 这 is the 11th most frequent character.
  2. 这 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 这 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 这 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
这 => 辶, 文
Radical :
这 => 辶 (walk), 文 (script/literature)
Graphical :
这 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 一, 丶, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhe4 - this/these/(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

这 (這)
这个 (這個)

Medium Frequency

这些 (這些)
这样 (這樣)
这里 (這裏)
这么 (這麼)

些

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Meta:

  1. 些 is the 86th most frequent character.
  2. 些 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 些 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 些 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
些 => 此, 二
Radical :
些 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 二 (two)
Graphical :
些 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xie1 - some/few/several/measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

一些 
些 
有些 
这些 (這些)
那些 
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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