Meta:

  1. 非 is the 283rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 34 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available
Radical :
=> (wrong)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei1 - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  2. fei1 - to not be/not/wrong/incorrect/non-/un-/in-/to reproach or blame/(colloquial) to insist on/simply must

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 非 (fei1): The component 非 is pronounced as 'fei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
非常 

Medium Frequency

北非 
南非 
口是心非 
是非 
无非 (無非)
莫非 
除非 
非你莫属 (非你莫屬)
非凡 
非法 
非洲 
非要 
非诚勿扰 (非誠勿擾)

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Meta:

  1. 常 is the 187th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (small), (cover), (mouth), (turban/scarf)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chang2 - surname Chang
  2. chang2 - always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
正常 
经常 (經常)
非常 

Medium Frequency

家常 
寻常 (尋常)
常客 
常州 
常常 
常见 (常見)
常识 (常識)
平常 
往常 
日常 
时常 (時常)
无常 (無常)
照常 
异常 (異常)
通常 

Appears In:

also appears in:
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.