1. 素
  2. 食
  3. 者

素

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  • 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 216 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
素→
龶糸
2Radical
素→
龶N/A糸silk
3Graphical
素→
龶㇛丶亅八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sù (su4)raw silk • white • plain, unadorned • vegetarian (food) • essence • nature • element • constituent • usually • always • ever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

素 also appears in:
愫嗉膆螦

Example Words

Common

元素 
因素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Uncommon

像素 
吃素 
安之若素 
尿素 
抗生素 
朴素 (樸素)
毒素 
激素 
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
白素贞 (白素貞)
素描 
素菜 
素颜 (素顏)
素食 
素食者 
素养 (素養)
纤维素 (纖維素)
罗素 (羅素)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
色素 
荤素 (葷素)
要素 
护发素 (護髮素)
霉素 
黑素 
黑色素 

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食

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  • 670th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 184 words
  • Component in 61 characters

Decomposition

1Once
食→
亽艮
2Radical
食→
食eat/food
3Graphical
食→
人丶丨㇕二乚冫

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)to eat • food • animal feed • eclipse
2. sì (si4)to feed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 亽 is pronounced as 'jí' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 食 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 食 is pronounced as 'sì' (si4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 亽 is pronounced as 'jí' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 食 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
6. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 食 is pronounced as 'sì' (si4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

食 also appears in:
食餐饕飧飨饔餍餮餈饏飸饜飺饭馆饮饰饿饲饱饥饶饼蚀馈饷饵馒饺饬馅馋馍馁馀馐饨馕馑饽饪馄饯馏馊馔饧饫饩馓饴馃馇饾饸饹馂馉饤饳饻

Example Words

Common

美食 
零食 
食品 
食物 
饮食 (飲食)

Uncommon

主食 
伙食 
厌食 (厭食)
挑食 
消食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食客 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食肉 
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
喂食 (餵食)
面食 (麵食)

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者

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  • 103rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 409 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
者→
耂日
2Radical
者→
耂old日sun/day
3Graphical
者→
耂口一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhě (zhe3)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... • (after a noun) person involved in ... • -er • -ist • (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) • (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) • (old) (used at the end of a command) • (old) this

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

者 also appears in:
都著诸署绪猪赌屠堵睹煮奢暑褚赭渚箸锗禇楮翥阇諸覩豬緒陼闍

Example Words

Common

作者 
告密者 
患者 
或者 
终结者 (終結者)
记者 (記者)

Uncommon

使用者 
使者 
侍者 
伤者 (傷者)
初学者 (初學者)
前者 
创业者 (創業者)
胜利者 (勝利者)
劳动者 (勞動者)
参与者 (參與者)
受害者 
失败者 (失敗者)
学者 (學者)
完美主义者 (完美主義者)
工作者 
幸存者 
后者 (後者)
忍者 
志愿者 (志願者)
爱国者 (愛國者)
爱好者 (愛好者)
应聘者 (應聘者)
所有者 
投资者 (投資者)
拓荒者 
操作者 
支持者 
旁观者 (旁觀者)
旅行者 
智者 
步行者 
死者 
求职者 (求職者)
流浪者 
消费者 (消費者)
火影忍者 
获得者 (獲得者)
目击者 (目擊者)
研究者 
获奖者 (穫獎者)
第三者 
笔者 (筆者)
素食者 
统治者 (統治者)
经营者 (經營者)
老者 
听者 (聽者)
舞者 
行者 
制造者 (製造者)
记者会 (記者會)
设计者 (設計者)
读者 (讀者)
逝者 
长者 (長者)
开拓者 (開拓者)
领导者 (領導者)

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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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