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  1. 唐 is the 971st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> 广, No glyph available
Radical :
=> 广 (house on cliff), (brush), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tang2 - Tang dynasty (618-907)/surname Tang
  2. tang2 - to exaggerate/empty/in vain/old variant of 螗

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
唐僧 
唐山 

Medium Frequency

唐人街 
唐代 
唐朝 
唐突 
唐老鸭 (唐老鴨)
大唐 
荒唐 

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  1. 僧 is the 2010th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (human), (eight/divide), (mouth), (line), (eight/divide), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. seng1 - monk/Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 僧 (seng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'ceng2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 僧 (seng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'zeng1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

唐僧 

Medium Frequency

僧人 
沙僧 
贫僧 (貧僧)
高僧 
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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