HanziCraft - Information on 甘,油

甘
油

甘

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甘 is the 1406th most frequent character.
甘 has 2 dictionary entries.
甘 appears as a character in 43 words.
甘 appears as a component in 67 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

甘 => 艹, 二

Radical :

甘 => 甘 (sweet)

Graphical :

甘 => 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

Gan1 - surname Gan/abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
gan1 - sweet/willing

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 甘 (gan1): The component 甘 is pronounced as 'gan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

心甘情愿 (心甘情願)

甘于 (甘於)

甘肃 (甘肅)

甘愿 (甘願)

阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)

油

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油 is the 946th most frequent character.
油 has 1 dictionary entry.
油 appears as a character in 134 words.
油 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

油 => 氵, 由

Radical :

油 => 氵 (water), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 凵 (container)

Graphical :

油 => ⺀, ㇀, 二, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

you2 - oil/fat/grease/petroleum/to apply tung oil, paint or varnish/oily/greasy/glib/cunning

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 油 (you2): The component 由 is pronounced as 'you2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)

橄榄油 (橄欖油)

机油 (機油)

油价 (油價)

油条 (油條)

油画 (油畫)

油腻 (油膩)

油锅 (油鍋)

油门 (油門)

油饼 (油餅)

蚝油 (蠔油)

猪油 (豬油)

酱油 (醬油)

黄油 (黃油)

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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