1. 黑
  2. 炭

黑

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  1. 黑 is the 519th most frequent character.
  2. 黑 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 黑 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 黑 appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
黑 => No glyph available, 灬
Radical :
黑 => 黑 (black)
Graphical :
黑 => 口, 丨, 丷, 一, 丨, 一, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hei1 - abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
  2. hei1 - black/dark/(loanword) to hack

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 灬 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 黑 is pronounced as 'hei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

黑 
黑暗 
黑色 

Medium Frequency

摸黑 
漆黑 
黑人 
黑夜 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑白 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑龙江 (黑龍江)

Appears In:

黑 also appears in:
黑默墨嘿黛黯黝黔黜黠點黩黢黧黥黟黨黴黪矘黡讜黮黶

炭

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  1. 炭 is the 2364th most frequent character.
  2. 炭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 炭 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 炭 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
炭 => 山, 灰
Radical :
炭 => 山 (mountain), 𠂇 (left hand), 火 (fire)
Graphical :
炭 => 丨, 凵, 𠂇, 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan4 - wood charcoal/coal/carbon

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 炭 (tan4): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

煤炭 

Medium Frequency

木炭 
活性炭 
火炭 
炭 
焦炭 
雪中送炭 
黑炭 

Appears In:

炭 also appears in:
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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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