Meta:

  1. 鲜 is the 956th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (fish), (sheep)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian1 - fresh/bright (in color)/delicious/tasty/delicacy/aquatic foods/seldom
  2. xian3 - few/rare

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新鲜 (新鮮)
海鲜 (海鮮)
 ()
鲜花 (鮮花)

Medium Frequency

保鲜膜 (保鮮膜)
光鲜 (光鮮)
朝鲜 (朝鮮)
鲜亮 (鮮亮)
鲜明 (鮮明)
鲜活 (鮮活)
鲜红 (鮮紅)
鲜美 (鮮美)
鲜艳 (鮮艷)
鲜血 (鮮血)

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Meta:

  1. 红 is the 502nd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 165 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (work)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hong2 - surname Hong
  2. hong2 - red/popular/revolutionary/bonus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 红 (hong2): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大红 (大紅)
 ()
红包 (紅包)
红色 (紅色)

Medium Frequency

分红 (分紅)
口红 (口紅)
姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
火红 (火紅)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
当红 (當紅)
发红 (發紅)
眼红 (眼紅)
粉红 (粉紅)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
红尘 (紅塵)
红妆 (紅妝)
红彤彤 (紅彤彤)
红心 (紅心)
红旗 (紅旗)
红星 (紅星)
红枣 (紅棗)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
红毯 (紅毯)
红润 (紅潤)
红火 (紅火)
红灯 (紅燈)
红烧 (紅燒)
红牌 (紅牌)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红糖 (紅糖)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
红肿 (紅腫)
红花 (紅花)
红茶 (紅茶)
红薯 (紅薯)
红豆 (紅豆)
红军 (紅軍)
红运 (紅運)
红颜 (紅顏)
腮红 (腮紅)
脸红 (臉紅)
西红柿 (西紅柿)
走红 (走紅)
通红 (通紅)
开门红 (開門紅)
鲜红 (鮮紅)

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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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