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  1. 铺 is the 1611th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (ten), (use), (dot)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pu4 - variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]/store
  2. pu1 - to spread/to display/to set up/(old) holder for door-knocker
  3. pu4 - plank bed/place to sleep/shop/store/(old) relay station

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 铺 (pu4): The component 甫 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 铺 (pu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 铺 (pu1): The component 甫 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 铺 (pu1): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

店铺 (店鋪)
卧铺 (臥鋪)
 ()

Medium Frequency

商铺 (商舖)
床铺 (床鋪)
当铺 (當舖)
铺位 (鋪位)
铺垫 (鋪墊)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺子 (鋪子)
铺平 (鋪平)
铺床 (鋪床)
铺张浪费 (鋪張浪費)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
铺设 (鋪設)
铺路 (鋪路)

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Meta:

  1. 位 is the 182nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (stand erect)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei4 - position/location/place/seat/classifier for people (honorific)/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
位置 
各位 

Medium Frequency

位子 
全方位 
到位 
品位 
单位 (單位)
地位 
定位 
岗位 (崗位)
座位 
职位 (職位)
诸位 (諸位)
车位 (車位)
部位 

Appears In:

also appears in:
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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