HanziCraft - Information on 牛,肉,乾

牛
肉
乾

牛

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牛 is the 1016th most frequent character.
牛 has 2 dictionary entries.
牛 appears as a character in 78 words.
牛 appears as a component in 78 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

牛 => No glyph available, ㇒

Radical :

牛 => 牛 (cow)

Graphical :

牛 => 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

Niu2 - surname Niu
niu2 - ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]/(slang) awesome

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 牛 (niu2): The component 牛 is pronounced as 'niu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

牛仔裤 (牛仔褲)

牛肉面 (牛肉麵)

蒙牛 (矇牛)

蜗牛 (蝸牛)

黄牛 (黃牛)

肉

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肉 is the 1007th most frequent character.
肉 has 1 dictionary entry.
肉 appears as a character in 94 words.
肉 appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

肉 => 仌, 冂

Radical :

肉 => 肉 (meat)

Graphical :

肉 => 仌, 冂

Pinyin & Meaning:

rou4 - meat/flesh/pulp (of a fruit)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 肉 (rou4): The component 肉 is pronounced as 'rou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

牛肉干 (牛肉乾)

牛肉面 (牛肉麵)

肉丝 (肉絲)

肉类 (肉類)

肉饼 (肉餅)

肉馅 (肉餡)

肉体 (肉體)

肉松 (肉鬆)

行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)

猪肉 (豬肉)

赘肉 (贅肉)

鸡肉 (雞肉)

Appears In:

肉 also appears in:

肉腐瘸脔胬肏臋胔胾膥脧胊

乾

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乾 is the 1996th most frequent character.
乾 has 4 dictionary entries.
乾 appears as a character in 6 words.
乾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

乾 => 龺, 乞

Radical :

乾 => 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten), 丿 (bend), 一 (one), ㇠ (N/A)

Graphical :

乾 => 一, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 丿, 一, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

Qian2 - surname Qian
qian2 - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰
Gan1 - surname Gan
gan1 - dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 乾 (qian2): The component 乞 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

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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