1. 霉
  2. 素

霉

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  • 2420th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
霉→
雨每
2Radical
霉→
雨rain丿bend一one母do not
3Graphical
霉→
一冂丨丶㇀冫丿一㇗㇆⺀一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (mei2)bacteria • fungi • moldy
2. méi (mei2)variant of 霉[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 霉 méi (mei2)The component 每 is pronounced as 'měi' (mei3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 霉 méi (mei2)The component 母 is pronounced as 'mǔ' (mu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

倒霉 

Medium Frequency

发霉 (發霉)
霉素 
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素

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  • 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 82 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.
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Appears In

素 also appears in:
愫嗉膆螦

Example Words

High Frequency

元素 
因素 
素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Medium Frequency

像素 
吃素 
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 
黑色素 
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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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