1. 泡
  2. 汤

泡

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  1. 泡 is the 1997th most frequent character.
  2. 泡 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 泡 appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. 泡 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
泡 => 氵, 包
Radical :
泡 => 氵 (water), 勹 (wrap), 巳 (oneself)
Graphical :
泡 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇆, ㇒, 丨, 匚, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. pao1 - puffed/swollen/spongy/small lake (esp. in place names)/classifier for urine or feces
  2. pao4 - bubble/foam/blister (i.e. skin bubble)/to soak/to steep/to infuse/to dawdle/to shilly-shally/to hang about/to pick up (a girl)/to get off with (a sexual partner)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 泡 (pao1): The component 包 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 泡 (pao4): The component 包 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泡 

Medium Frequency

水泡 
泡妞 
泡沫 
泡泡 
泡汤 (泡湯)
泡澡 
泡菜 
泡饭 (泡飯)
泡面 (泡麵)
浸泡 
灯泡 (燈泡)
起泡 

Appears In:

泡 also appears in:
萢

汤

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
汤 => 氵, 𠃓
Radical :
汤 => 氵 (water), ㇎ (N/A), No glyph available
Graphical :
汤 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇎, ㇒

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 汤 (shang1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

汤 (湯)
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)

Appears In:

汤 also appears in:
荡烫
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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