1. 陕
  2. 北

陕

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  1. 陕 is the 2154th most frequent character.
  2. 陕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 陕 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 陕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陕 => 阝, 夹
Radical :
陕 => 阝 (town), 人 (human), 二 (two), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
陕 => 丨, ㇌, 人, 二, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shan3 - abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

陕西 (陝西)

Medium Frequency

陕 (陝)
陕北 (陝北)
陕西省 (陝西省)

北

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  1. 北 is the 315th most frequent character.
  2. 北 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 北 appears as a character in 143 words.
  4. 北 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
北 => 匕
Radical :
北 => 北 (N/A)
Graphical :
北 => 北

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bei3 - north/to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 北 (bei3): The component 北 is pronounced as 'bei3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

北 
北京 

Medium Frequency

北京人 
北京市 
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

Appears In:

北 also appears in:
北背乘剩燕乖冀骥嵊褙邶酀醼讌驥
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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