材

Meta:

  1. 材 is the 611th most frequent character.
  2. 材 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 材 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 材 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
材 => 期, 从
Radical :
材 => 期 (earth), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
材 => 侀, äžš, 侀, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo4 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo4 - to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/variant of ćș§[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 材 (zuo4): The component 从 is pronounced as 'zong4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

材 

Medium Frequency

äč˜ćÂ 
材例 
ćç«‹äžćź‰Â 
ćèœŠÂ (ćè»Š)
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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