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  1. 湯 is the 1616th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (sun/day), (one), (wrap), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tang1 - surname Tang
  2. shang1 - rushing current
  3. tang1 - soup/hot or boiling water/decoction of medicinal herbs/water in which sth has been boiled

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 湯 (shang1): The component 昜 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 湯 (shang1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 湯 (tang1): The component 昜 is pronounced as 'yang2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
汤圆 (湯圓)

Medium Frequency

泡汤 (泡湯)
清汤 (清湯)
汤勺 (湯勺)
汤包 (湯包)
汤匙 (湯匙)
汤姆 (湯姆)
汤汁 (湯汁)
浓汤 (濃湯)
肉汤 (肉湯)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
鸡汤 (雞湯)
高汤 (高湯)

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Meta:

  1. 勺 is the 3269th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. appears as a component in 17 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (wrap), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shao2 - spoon/ladle/CL:把[ba3]/abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 勺 (shao2): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

 
勺子 
后脑勺 (後腦勺)
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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