1. 延
  2. 吉

延

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  1. 延 is the 1101st most frequent character.
  2. 延 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 延 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 延 appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
延 => 廴, No glyph available
Radical :
延 => 廴 (long stride), ㇒ (N/A), 止 (stop)
Graphical :
延 => ㇋, ㇏, ㇒, 丨, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - to prolong/to extend/to delay

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 延 (yan2): The component 廴 is pronounced as 'yin4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

延伸 
延安 
延缓 (延緩)
延续 (延續)
延误 (延誤)
延长 (延長)
拖延 
蔓延 

Medium Frequency

延 
延吉 
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
延后 (延後)
延庆 (延慶)
延期 
延津 
延迟 (延遲)
延边 (延邊)
绵延 (綿延)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

Appears In:

延 also appears in:
诞蜒涎筵埏綖蜑莚駳鋋誕鯅硟

吉

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  1. 吉 is the 854th most frequent character.
  2. 吉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 吉 appears as a character in 86 words.
  4. 吉 appears as a component in 19 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
吉 => 士, 口
Radical :
吉 => 士 (scholar), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
吉 => 一, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ji2 - surname Ji/abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
  2. ji2 - lucky/giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吉 (ji2): The component 士 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

吉 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

Appears In:

吉 also appears in:
结洁桔诘颉秸髻黠拮結咭佶蛣鲒祮硈詰鞊趌
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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