Meta:

  1. 總 is the 228th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (enclosure), (dot), (go), (heart)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , 𠁼,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zong3 - always/to assemble/gather/total/overall/head/chief/general/in every case

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 總 (zong3): The component 悤 is pronounced as 'cong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
总是 (總是)

Medium Frequency

副总裁 (副總裁)
汇总 (匯總)
汇总 (彙總)
总之 (總之)
总共 (總共)
总局 (總局)
总数 (總數)
总归 (總歸)
总理 (總理)
总监 (總監)
总站 (總站)
总算 (總算)
总结 (總結)
总统 (總統)
总经理 (總經理)
总能 (總能)
总裁 (總裁)
总计 (總計)
总部 (總部)
总量 (總量)
总额 (總額)
总体 (總體)

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Meta:

  1. 是 is the 3rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , 𤴓
Radical :
=> (sun/day), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - is/are/am/yes/to be

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 是 (shi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

但是 
只是 
可是 
于是 (於是)
是否 
总是 (總是)
还是 (還是)
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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