1. 零
  2. 點

零

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Meta:

  1. 零 is the 1340th most frequent character.
  2. 零 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 零 appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. 零 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
零 => 雨, 令
Radical :
零 => 雨 (rain), 人 (human), 丶 (dot), 龴 (N/A)
Graphical :
零 => 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 人, 丶, 龴

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ling2 - zero/nought/zero sign/fractional/fragmentary/odd (of numbers)/(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)/fraction/(in mathematics) remainder (after division)/extra/to wither and fall/to wither

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 零 (ling2): The component 令 is pronounced as 'ling4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

零 
零下 
零食 

Medium Frequency

凋零 
孤零零 
涕零 
零件 
零售 
零售店 
零度 
零星 
零时 (零時)
零点 (零點)
飘零 (飄零)

點

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Meta:

  1. 點 is the 128th most frequent character.
  2. 點 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 點 appears as a character in 192 words.
  4. 點 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
點 => 黑, 占
Radical :
點 => 黑 (black), ⺊ (divination), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
點 => 口, 丨, 丷, 一, 丨, 一, 灬, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dian3 - point/dot/drop/speck/o'clock/point (in space or time)/to draw a dot/to check on a list/to choose/to order (food in a restaurant)/to touch briefly/to hint/to light/to ignite/to pour a liquid drop by drop/(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]/dot stroke in Chinese characters/classifier for items

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一点 (一點)
快点 (快點)
有点 (有點)
点 (點)
点击 (點擊)
点滴 (點滴)

Medium Frequency

一点儿 (一點兒)
一点点 (一點點)
亮点 (亮點)
优点 (優點)
加点 (加點)
半点 (半點)
原点 (原點)
地点 (地點)
差一点 (差一點)
差点 (差點)
弱点 (弱點)
指点 (指點)
斑点 (斑點)
早点 (早點)
晚点 (晚點)
景点 (景點)
有点儿 (有點兒)
极点 (極點)
正点 (正點)
沸点 (沸點)
焦点 (焦點)
热点 (熱點)
特点 (特點)
甜点 (甜點)
盘点 (盤點)
终点 (終點)
终点站 (終點站)
缺点 (缺點)
观点 (觀點)
卖点 (賣點)
起点 (起點)
重点 (重點)
零点 (零點)
点亮 (點亮)
点儿 (點兒)
点名 (點名)
点心 (點心)
点燃 (點燃)
点睛 (點睛)
点缀 (點綴)
点评 (點評)
点钟 (點鐘)
点头 (點頭)
点点 (點點)
点点滴滴 (點點滴滴)
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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