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  1. 七 is the 530th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (second), (one)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi1 - seven/7

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 七 (qi1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

七十 
七彩 
七月 
七窍生烟 (七竅生煙)
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
十七 

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  1. 葷 is the 4281st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (cover), (car)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 葷 (hun1): The component 軍 is pronounced as 'jun1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

荤素 (葷素)
荤菜 (葷菜)
开荤 (開葷)

Medium Frequency

七荤八素 (七葷八素)
 ()
荤腥 (葷腥)

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  1. 八 is the 451st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. appears as a component in 547 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=>
Radical :
=> (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=>

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba1 - eight/8

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 八 (ba1): The component 八 is pronounced as 'ba1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
十八 

Medium Frequency

七七八八 
七上八下 
三八 
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
五花八门 (五花八門)
八佰伴 
八十 
八卦 
八卦掌 
八婆 
八戒 
八方 
八月 
八角 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
王八蛋 
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  1. 素 is the 660th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. su4 - raw silk/white/plain, unadorned/vegetarian (food)/essence/nature/element/constituent/usually/always/ever

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元素 
因素 
 
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: 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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