1. 陳
  2. 舊

陳

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Meta:

  1. 陳 is the 525th most frequent character.
  2. 陳 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 陳 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 陳 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
陳 => 阝, 東
Radical :
陳 => 阝 (town), 木 (tree), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
陳 => 丨, ㇌, 一, 丨, 八, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chen2 - surname Chen/vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC/Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
  2. chen2 - to lay out/to exhibit/to display/to narrate/to state/to explain/to tell/old/stale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
陈 (陳)
陈奕迅 (陳奕迅)

Medium Frequency

推陈出新 (推陳出新)
陈冠希 (陳冠希)
陈凯歌 (陳凱歌)
陈列 (陳列)
陈年 (陳年)
陈水扁 (陳水扁)
陈皮 (陳皮)
陈旧 (陳舊)
陈述 (陳述)
陈醋 (陳醋)

Appears In:

陳 also appears in:
蔯

舊

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Meta:

  1. 舊 is the 913th most frequent character.
  2. 舊 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 舊 appears as a character in 66 words.
  4. 舊 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
舊 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
舊 => 艹 (grass), 隹 (small bird), 臼 (mortar)
Graphical :
舊 => 艹, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶, 臼

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu4 - old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 舊 (jiu4): The component 臼 is pronounced as 'jiu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依旧 (依舊)
怀旧 (懷舊)
旧 (舊)

Medium Frequency

仍旧 (仍舊)
废旧 (廢舊)
念旧 (念舊)
恋旧 (戀舊)
叙旧 (敘舊)
照旧 (照舊)
破旧 (破舊)
老旧 (老舊)
旧事 (舊事)
旧友 (舊友)
旧地 (舊地)
旧址 (舊址)
旧年 (舊年)
旧情 (舊情)
旧日 (舊日)
旧时 (舊時)
旧历 (舊曆)
旧版 (舊版)
旧物 (舊物)
旧账 (舊賬)
旧金山 (舊金山)
陈旧 (陳舊)
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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