1. 鐵
  2. 甲

鐵

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Meta:

  1. 鐵 is the 777th most frequent character.
  2. 鐵 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 鐵 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 鐵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鐵 => 金, No glyph available
Radical :
鐵 => 金 (metal/gold), 土 (earth), 戈 (spear), 口 (mouth), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
鐵 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 一, 丨, 一, 戈, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tie3 - surname Tie
  2. tie3 - iron (metal)/arms/weapons/hard/strong/violent/unshakeable/determined/close/tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鐵 (tie3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
铁 (鐵)
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Medium Frequency

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)

甲

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Meta:

  1. 甲 is the 1104th most frequent character.
  2. 甲 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 甲 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 甲 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
甲 => 冂, No glyph available
Radical :
甲 => 冂 (upside down box), 二 (two), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
甲 => 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia3 - first of the ten heavenly stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(used for an unspecified person or thing)/first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)/armor plating/shell or carapace/(of the fingers or toes) nail/bladed leather or metal armor (old)/ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)/civil administration unit (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 甲 (jia3): The component 冂 is pronounced as 'jiong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

指甲 
甲 

Medium Frequency

指甲油 
甲乙 
甲亢 
甲子 
甲方 
甲板 
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
甲醛 
甲骨文 
盔甲 
美甲 
花甲 
趾甲 
铠甲 (鎧甲)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
马甲 (馬甲)
鳞甲 (鱗甲)

Appears In:

甲 also appears in:
押鸭禺匣闸钾呷岬胛厣狎柙鉀鴨翈
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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