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  1. 阑 is the 3708th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (gate), (tree), (mouth), (line), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan2 - railing/balustrade/door-screen/exhausted/late

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

阑珊 (闌珊)

Medium Frequency

夜阑 (夜闌)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
阑干 (闌干)
雕阑 (雕闌)

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Meta:

  1. 尾 is the 1280th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (corpse), (fur/hair)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei3 - tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28 constellations/classifier for fish
  2. yi3 - horse's tail/pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尾 (yi3): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
尾巴 
尾牙 
结尾 (結尾)

Medium Frequency

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
年尾 
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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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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