Meta:

  1. 文 is the 148th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 227 words.
  4. appears as a component in 38 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (script/literature)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wen2 - surname Wen
  2. wen2 - language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/(old) classifier for coins/Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 文 (wen2): The component 文 is pronounced as 'wen2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中文 
博文 
原文 
 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Medium Frequency

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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Meta:

  1. 字 is the 393rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 111 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (roof), (child)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi4 - letter/symbol/character/word/CL:個|个[ge4]/courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 字 (zi4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 字 (zi4): The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi5'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

名字 
 
数字 (數字)

Medium Frequency

十字 
十字架 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十字路口 
字典 
字幕 
字数 (字數)
字样 (字樣)
字母 
字眼 
字号 (字號)
字迹 (字跡)
字体 (字體)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
打字 
文字 
汉字 (漢字)
码字 (碼字)
签字 (簽字)
识字 (識字)
金字塔 
错别字 (錯別字)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.