1. 五
  2. 彩
  3. 繽
  4. 紛

五

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  1. 五 is the 279th most frequent character.
  2. 五 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 五 appears as a character in 89 words.
  4. 五 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
五 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
五 => 一 (one), 力 (power/force), 一 (one)
Graphical :
五 => 一, ㇆, 丿, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu3 - five/5

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

五 

Medium Frequency

五一 
五十 
五彩 
五星 
五星级 (五星級)
五月 
五粮液 (五糧液)
五花肉 
十五 
星期五 
第五 
周五 (週五)

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五 also appears in:
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彩

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  1. 彩 is the 1175th most frequent character.
  2. 彩 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 彩 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 彩 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
彩 => 采, 彡
Radical :
彩 => 爫 (claw/talon), 木 (tree), 彡 (bristle/beard)
Graphical :
彩 => 爫, 一, 丨, 八, 彡

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai3 - (bright) color/variety/applause/applaud/lottery prize

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 彩 (cai3): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 彩 (cai3): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

彩色 
精彩 

Medium Frequency

五彩 
彩排 
彩票 
彩虹 
彩蛋 
色彩 
丰富多彩 (豐富多彩)

繽

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  1. 繽 is the 3786th most frequent character.
  2. 繽 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 繽 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 繽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
繽 => 糹, 賓
Radical :
繽 => 糹 (silk), 宀 (roof), 一 (one), 小 (small), 丿 (bend), 貝 (shell)
Graphical :
繽 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 冖, 丶, 一, 亅, 八, 丿, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bin1 - helter-skelter/mixed colors/in confusion

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 繽 (bin1): The component 賓 is pronounced as 'bin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 繽 (bin1): The component 貝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

缤纷 (繽紛)

Medium Frequency

紛

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  1. 紛 is the 1179th most frequent character.
  2. 紛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紛 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 紛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紛 => 糹, 分
Radical :
紛 => 糹 (silk), 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
紛 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen1 - numerous/confused/disorderly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紛 (fen1): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紛 (fen1): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 紛 (fen1): The component 糹 is pronounced as 'fill'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

缤纷 (繽紛)

Medium Frequency

五彩缤纷 (五彩繽紛)
纠纷 (糾紛)
纷呈 (紛呈)
纷扰 (紛擾)
纷争 (紛爭)
纷纷 (紛紛)
纷繁 (紛繁)
纷飞 (紛飛)
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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