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  1. 防 is the 548th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (square/raft)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fang2 - to protect/to defend/to guard (against)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 防 (fang2): The component 方 is pronounced as 'fang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 防 (fang2): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
防守 
防晒 (防曬)
防止 
防水 
预防 (預防)

Medium Frequency

国防 (國防)
国防部 (國防部)
提防 
攻防 
消防 
消防员 (消防員)
消防车 (消防車)
消防队 (消防隊)
设防 (設防)
谨防 (謹防)
边防 (邊防)
防不胜防 (防不勝防)
防备 (防備)
防冻 (防凍)
防弹 (防彈)
防晒霜 (防曬霜)
防治 
防滑 
防火 
防盗 (防盜)
防盗门 (防盜門)
防御 (防禦)
防范 (防範)
防线 (防線)
防腐 
防腐剂 (防腐劑)
防卫 (防衛)
防护 (防護)
预防针 (預防針)

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Meta:

  1. 艾 is the 1289th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 21 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ai4 - surname Ai
  2. ai4 - Chinese mugwort or wormwood/to stop or cut short/phonetic "ai" or "i"/abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
  3. yi4 - to mow/to cut/to reap/to redress

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (ai4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 艾 (yi4): The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

自怨自艾 
 
艾滋 
艾滋病 

Medium Frequency

布宜诺斯艾利斯 (布宜諾斯艾利斯)
艾哈迈迪内贾德 (艾哈邁迪內賈德)
艾未未 
艾森豪威尔 (艾森豪威爾)
艾灸 
艾美奖 (艾美獎)
艾草 
艾叶 (艾葉)
艾迪 
艾青 
苦艾 
苦艾酒 
防艾 

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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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