1. 淡
  2. 薄

淡

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  1. 淡 is the 1291st most frequent character.
  2. 淡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 淡 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 淡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淡 => 氵, 炎
Radical :
淡 => 氵 (water), 炎 (N/A)
Graphical :
淡 => ⺀, ㇀, 炎

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan4 - insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淡 (dan4): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平淡 
淡定 

Medium Frequency

冷淡 
扯淡 
淡 
淡化 
淡忘 
淡淡 
淡漠 
淡然 
清淡 

薄

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Meta:

  1. 薄 is the 1431st most frequent character.
  2. 薄 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 薄 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 薄 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
薄 => 艹, 溥
Radical :
薄 => 艹 (grass), 氵 (water), 十 (ten), 用 (use), 丶 (dot), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
薄 => 艹, ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丨, 冂, 二, 丨, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bo2 - surname Bo
  2. bao2 - thin/cold in manner/indifferent/weak/light/infertile
  3. bo2 - meager/slight/weak/ungenerous or unkind/frivolous/to despise/to belittle/to look down on/to approach or near
  4. bo4 - see 薄荷[bo4 he5]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 薄 (bao2): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微薄 
薄 

Medium Frequency

刻薄 
厚积薄发 (厚積薄發)
淡薄 
浅薄 (淺薄)
薄弱 
薄情 
薄熙来 (薄熙來)
薄片 
薄纱 (薄紗)
薄荷 
轻薄 (輕薄)

Appears In:

薄 also appears in:
礴鑮
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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