• 1491st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mo4)surname Mo • abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
2. (mo4)ink stick • China ink • CL:塊|块[kuai4] • corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

墨家 
墨迹 (墨跡)

Uncommon

墨子 
墨水 
墨汁 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
墨绿色 (墨綠色)
墨脱 (墨脫)
墨西哥 
墨镜 (墨鏡)
墨鱼 (墨魚)
水墨 
水墨画 (水墨畫)
浓墨重彩 (濃墨重彩)

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绿

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  • 1086th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
绿
3Graphical
绿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (lu:4)green

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 绿 (lu:4)The component is pronounced as '' (lu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

绿宝石 (綠寶石)
绿松石 (綠松石)
绿色 (綠色)
绿豆 (綠豆)

Uncommon

墨绿色 (墨綠色)
嫩绿 (嫩綠)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
碧绿 (碧綠)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿化 (綠化)
绿卡 (綠卡)
绿地 (綠地)
绿岛 (綠島)
绿水 (綠水)
绿油油 (綠油油)
绿洲 (綠洲)
绿灯 (綠燈)
绿营 (綠營)
绿茵 (綠茵)
绿茶 (綠茶)
绿草 (綠草)
绿叶 (綠葉)
翠绿 (翠綠)
花花绿绿 (花花綠綠)
鸭绿江 (鴨綠江)
黄绿 (黃綠)
黄绿色 (黃綠色)

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  • 304th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 310 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

Common

彩色 
本色 
白色 
红色 (紅色)
角色 
颜色 (顏色)
黑色 

Uncommon

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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