1. 鼓
  2. 掌

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

掌

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  1. 掌 is the 888th most frequent character.
  2. 掌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掌 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 掌 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掌 => No glyph available, 手
Radical :
掌 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 手 (hand)
Graphical :
掌 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, ㇒, 亅, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhang3 - palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to wield

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

掌 
掌控 

Medium Frequency

仙人掌 
八卦掌 
巴掌 
手掌 
掌心 
掌握 
掌柜 (掌櫃)
掌声 (掌聲)
熊掌 
脚掌 (腳掌)
鼓掌 

Appears In:

掌 also appears in:
撑鐣
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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