1. 荼
  2. 毒

荼

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  1. 荼 is the 3921st most frequent character.
  2. 荼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 荼 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 荼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
荼 => 艹, 余
Radical :
荼 => 艹 (grass), 人 (human), 干 (dry), 小 (small)
Graphical :
荼 => 艹, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tu2 - thistle/common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)/bitter (taste)/cruel/flowering grass in profusion

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 荼 (tu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

如火如荼 
荼毒 

毒

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  1. 毒 is the 945th most frequent character.
  2. 毒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 毒 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 毒 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
毒 => 龶, 母
Radical :
毒 => 龶 (N/A), 母 (do not)
Graphical :
毒 => 龶, ㇗, ㇆, ⺀, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. du2 - poison/narcotics/evil

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 毒 (du2): The component 母 is pronounced as 'mu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

中毒 
排毒 
毒 
毒刺 
病毒 

Medium Frequency

以毒攻毒 
剧毒 (劇毒)
吸毒 
恶毒 (惡毒)
戒毒 
有毒 
梅毒 
毒品 
毒害 
毒性 
毒气 (毒氣)
毒物 
毒瘤 
毒瘾 (毒癮)
毒素 
毒药 (毒藥)
消毒 
无毒 (無毒)
狠毒 
病毒性 
解毒 

Appears In:

毒 also appears in:
碡
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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