1. 鼓
  2. 吹

鼓

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  1. 鼓 is the 1121st most frequent character.
  2. 鼓 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 鼓 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 鼓 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
鼓 => 壴, 支
Radical :
鼓 => 鼓 (drum)
Graphical :
鼓 => 一, 丨, 一, 口, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu3 - drum/CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]/to drum/to strike/to rouse/to bulge/to swell

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 鼓 (gu3): The component 壴 is pronounced as 'zhu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 鼓 (gu3): The component 鼓 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

鼓 
鼓励 (鼓勵)
鼓掌 
鼓浪屿 (鼓浪嶼)
鼓起 

Medium Frequency

打鼓 
捣鼓 (搗鼓)
锣鼓 (鑼鼓)
鼓动 (鼓動)
鼓吹 
鼓手 
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)
鼓舞 
鼓点 (鼓點)
鼓鼓 

Appears In:

鼓 also appears in:
鼓鼙鼗瞽臌鼞鼜鼖鼘

吹

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  1. 吹 is the 1388th most frequent character.
  2. 吹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 吹 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 吹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吹 => 口, 欠
Radical :
吹 => 口 (mouth), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
吹 => 口, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui1 - to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吹 

Medium Frequency

吹干 (吹乾)
吹冷风 (吹冷風)
吹嘘 (吹噓)
吹捧 
吹散 
吹毛求疵 
吹牛 
吹风机 (吹風機)
电吹风 (電吹風)
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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