1. 五
  2. 颜
  3. 六
  4. 色

五

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  1. 五 is the 279th most frequent character.
  2. 五 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 五 appears as a character in 89 words.
  4. 五 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
五 => 一, No glyph available
Radical :
五 => 一 (one), 力 (power/force), 一 (one)
Graphical :
五 => 一, ㇆, 丿, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu3 - five/5

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

五 

Medium Frequency

五一 
五十 
五彩 
五星 
五星级 (五星級)
五月 
五粮液 (五糧液)
五花肉 
十五 
星期五 
第五 
周五 (週五)

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五 also appears in:
伍吾

颜

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  1. 颜 is the 1543rd most frequent character.
  2. 颜 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 颜 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 颜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
颜 => 彦, 页
Radical :
颜 => 立 (stand erect), 厂 (cliff), 彡 (bristle/beard), 页 (leaf)
Graphical :
颜 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 厂, 彡, 一, 丿, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - color/face/countenance
  3. yan2 - Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 颜 (yan2): The component 彦 is pronounced as 'yan4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 颜 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 颜 (yan2): The component 彡 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 颜 (yan2): The component 页 is pronounced as 'ye4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

颜 (顏)
颜色 (顏色)

Medium Frequency

五颜六色 (五顏六色)
容颜 (容顏)
汗颜 (汗顏)
红颜 (紅顏)
素颜 (素顏)
颜料 (顏料)
颜面 (顏面)

六

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  1. 六 is the 478th most frequent character.
  2. 六 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 六 appears as a character in 43 words.
  4. 六 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
六 => 亠, 八
Radical :
六 => 亠 (lid), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
六 => 一, 丶, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. liu4 - six/6

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

六 

Medium Frequency

三十六计 (三十六計)
三姑六婆 
五颜六色 (五顏六色)
六十 
六月 
十六 
星期六 
第六感 
周六 (週六)

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六 also appears in:
交兖袞

色

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  1. 色 is the 304th most frequent character.
  2. 色 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 色 appears as a character in 186 words.
  4. 色 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
色 => ⺈, 巴
Radical :
色 => 色 (color/prettiness)
Graphical :
色 => ⺈, 丨, 匚, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. se4 - color/CL:種|种[zhong3]/look/appearance/sex
  2. shai3 - color/dice

Pronunciation Clues:

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

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 
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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色 also appears in:
色绝艳滟铯蕝艴艷絶艶銫
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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