1. 魁
  2. 首

魁

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  1. 魁 is the 2594th most frequent character.
  2. 魁 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 魁 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 魁 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
魁 => 鬼, 斗
Radical :
魁 => 鬼 (ghost/demon), 斗 (dipper)
Graphical :
魁 => 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 乚, ㇛, 丶, 一, 丨, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kui2 - chief/head/outstanding/exceptional/stalwart

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 魁 (kui2): The component 鬼 is pronounced as 'gui3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

罪魁祸首 (罪魁禍首)

Medium Frequency

夺魁 (奪魁)
罪魁 
魁北克 
魁星 
魁梧 
魁首 
党魁 (黨魁)

首

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  1. 首 is the 481st most frequent character.
  2. 首 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 首 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 首 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
首 => 䒑, 自
Radical :
首 => 首 (head)
Graphical :
首 => 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 首 (shou3): The component 首 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

首 
首页 (首頁)

Medium Frequency

回首 
首先 
首席 
首映 
首次 
首尔 (首爾)
首发 (首發)
首要 
首选 (首選)
首都 
首领 (首領)
首饰 (首飾)

Appears In:

首 also appears in:
道首馗艏馘
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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