• 530th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi1)seven • 7

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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also appears in:

Example Words

Common

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
十七 

Uncommon

七七 
七七八八 
七上八下 
七十 
七嘴八舌 
七夕 
七彩 
七律 
七星 
七月 
七月份 
七窍 (七竅)
七窍生烟 (七竅生煙)
七龙珠 (七龍珠)
三七二十一 
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  • 4281st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 11 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hūn (hun1)strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) • non-vegetarian food (meat, fish, spicy food etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hūn (hun1)The component is pronounced as 'jūn' (jun1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

荤素 (葷素)
荤菜 (葷菜)
开荤 (開葷)

Uncommon

七荤八素 (七葷八素)
荤腥 (葷腥)

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  • 451st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 547 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba1)eight • 8

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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also appears in:
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Example Words

Common

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
八十 
八卦 
八戒 
八月 
十八 
王八蛋 

Uncommon

七七八八 
七上八下 
七嘴八舌 
三八 
二八 
五花八门 (五花八門)
八仙 
八佰伴 
八卦掌 
八哥 
八婆 
八成 
八方 
八角 
八达岭 (八達嶺)
八音盒 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
胡说八道 (胡說八道)
腊八粥 (臘八粥)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  • 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 216 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (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

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Example Words

Common

元素 
因素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Uncommon

像素 
吃素 
安之若素 
尿素 
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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