1. 鐵
  2. 鈎

鐵

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  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.
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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)

鈎

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Meta:

  1. 鈎 is the 2249th most frequent character.
  2. 鈎 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 鈎 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 鈎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鈎 => 金, 勾
Radical :
鈎 => 金 (metal/gold), 勹 (wrap), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
鈎 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, ㇆, ㇒, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gou1 - variant of 鉤|钩, hook/barb
  2. gou1 - to hook/to sew/to crochet/hook/check mark or tick/window catch

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鈎 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 鈎 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 鈎 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

钩 (鈎)

Medium Frequency

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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