• 125th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sān (San1)surname San
2. sān (san1)three • 3

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

三亚 (三亞)
三分之一 
三十 
三岔口 
三峡 (三峽)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三星 
三更半夜 
三月 
三生有幸 
三角 
三里屯 
初三 
十三 
年三十 
星期三 
周三 (週三)
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  • 304th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 186 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (se4)color • CL:種|种[zhong3] • look • appearance • sex
2. shǎi (shai3)color • dice

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (se4)The component is pronounced as '' (se4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shǎi (shai3)The component is pronounced as 'shǎi' (shai3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

彩色 
本色 
白色 
红色 (紅色)
角色 
颜色 (顏色)
黑色 

Medium Frequency

三色 
以色列 
出色 
咖啡色 
夜色 
天色 
好色 
姿色 
春色 
景色 
月色 
有色 
棕色 
橙色 
气色 (氣色)
深色 
浅色 (淺色)
清一色 
灰色 
特色 
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
紫色 
绿色 (綠色)
肤色 (膚色)
脸色 (臉色)
 
色彩 
色情 
色斑 
色泽 (色澤)
色狼 
色素 
色调 (色調)
蓝色 (藍色)
血色 
褪色 
变色 (變色)
金色 
金黄色 (金黃色)
银色 (銀色)
面色 
黄色 (黃色)
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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