• 1175th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎi (cai3)(bright) color • variety • applause • applaud • lottery prize

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎi (cai3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎi' (cai3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎi (cai3)The component is pronounced as 'cài' (cai4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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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)
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  • 908th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 18 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piào (piao4)ticket • ballot • bank note • CL:張|张[zhang1] • person held for ransom • amateur performance of Chinese opera • classifier for shipments and business transactions (topolect)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

投票 
 

Medium Frequency

彩票 
机票 (機票)
火车票 (火車票)
发票 (發票)
票房 
票选 (票選)
股票 
船票 
订票 (訂票)
车票 (車票)
钞票 (鈔票)
门票 (門票)
电影票 (電影票)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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