1. 黑
  2. 胡
  3. 椒

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

胡

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  1. 胡 is the 804th most frequent character.
  2. 胡 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 胡 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 胡 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胡 => 古, 月
Radical :
胡 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
胡 => 一, 丨, 口, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hu2 - surname Hu
  2. hu2 - non-Han people, esp. from central Asia/reckless/outrageous/what?/why?/to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
  3. hu2 - see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  4. hu2 - beard/mustache/whiskers

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胡 (hu2): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

二胡 
胡 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡子 (鬍子)

Medium Frequency

死胡同 
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡同 
胡扯 
胡搅 (胡攪)
胡桃 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
胡话 (胡話)
胡说 (胡說)
胡适 (胡適)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
胡闹 (胡鬧)
胡须 (鬍鬚)
黑胡椒 

Appears In:

胡 also appears in:
湖糊蝴瑚葫鹕猢煳醐餬鍸

椒

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  1. 椒 is the 3181st most frequent character.
  2. 椒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 椒 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 椒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
椒 => 木, 叔
Radical :
椒 => 木 (tree), ⺊ (divination), 一 (one), 小 (small), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
椒 => 一, 丨, 八, 丨, 一, 一, 亅, 八, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - pepper

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 椒 (jiao1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

辣椒 

Medium Frequency

尖椒 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
花椒 
辣椒酱 (辣椒醬)
青椒 
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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