1. 燦
  2. 爛

燦

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  1. 燦 is the 2586th most frequent character.
  2. 燦 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 燦 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 燦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
燦 => 火, 粲
Radical :
燦 => 火 (fire), 歺 (death/decay), 又 (right hand), 米 (rice)
Graphical :
燦 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 丨, 一, 夕, ㇇, ㇏, 一, 丨, 八, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. can4 - glorious/bright/brilliant/lustrous/resplendent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 燦 (can4): The component 粲 is pronounced as 'can4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灿烂 (燦爛)

Medium Frequency

爛

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  1. 爛 is the 1752nd most frequent character.
  2. 爛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 爛 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 爛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
爛 => 火, 闌
Radical :
爛 => 火 (fire), 門 (gate), 木 (tree), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
爛 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 門, 一, 丨, 八, 口, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan4 - soft/mushy/well-cooked and soft/to rot/to decompose/rotten/worn out/chaotic/messy/utterly/thoroughly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 爛 (lan4): The component 闌 is pronounced as 'lan2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灿烂 (燦爛)
烂 (爛)

Medium Frequency

海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
烂漫 (爛漫)
破烂 (破爛)
糜烂 (糜爛)
绚烂 (絢爛)
腐烂 (腐爛)
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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