1. 姹
  2. 紫
  3. 嫣
  4. 红

姹

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  1. 姹 is the 5229th most frequent character.
  2. 姹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 姹 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 姹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
姹 => 女, 宅
Radical :
姹 => 女 (woman), 宀 (roof), ㇒ (N/A), 乚 (second), 一 (one)
Graphical :
姹 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 冖, 丶, ㇒, 乚, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cha4 - beautiful/see 奼紫嫣紅|姹紫嫣红[cha4 zi3 yan1 hong2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姹 (cha4): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)

Medium Frequency

紫

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  1. 紫 is the 1644th most frequent character.
  2. 紫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紫 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 紫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紫 => 此, 糸
Radical :
紫 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紫 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi3 - purple/violet/amethyst/Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)/Japanese: murasaki

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 此 is pronounced as 'ci3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紫 
紫外线 (紫外線)
紫色 

Medium Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
紫禁城 
紫红色 (紫紅色)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
紫荆 (紫荊)
紫菜 
紫薇 
紫金 
紫金山 
紫阳 (紫陽)
万紫千红 (萬紫千紅)

嫣

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  1. 嫣 is the 3513th most frequent character.
  2. 嫣 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 嫣 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 嫣 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嫣 => 女, 焉
Radical :
嫣 => 女 (woman), 一 (one), 止 (stop), No glyph available, 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
嫣 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 己, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - captivating

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嫣 (yan1): The component 焉 is pronounced as 'yan1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 嫣 (yan1): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)

Medium Frequency

嫣然 

红

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  1. 红 is the 502nd most frequent character.
  2. 红 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 红 appears as a character in 165 words.
  4. 红 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
红 => 纟, 工
Radical :
红 => 纟 (silk), 工 (work)
Graphical :
红 => ㇛, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hong2 - surname Hong
  2. hong2 - red/popular/revolutionary/bonus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 红 (hong2): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大红 (大紅)
红 (紅)
红包 (紅包)
红色 (紅色)

Medium Frequency

分红 (分紅)
口红 (口紅)
姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
火红 (火紅)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
当红 (當紅)
发红 (發紅)
眼红 (眼紅)
粉红 (粉紅)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
红尘 (紅塵)
红妆 (紅妝)
红彤彤 (紅彤彤)
红心 (紅心)
红旗 (紅旗)
红星 (紅星)
红枣 (紅棗)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
红毯 (紅毯)
红润 (紅潤)
红火 (紅火)
红灯 (紅燈)
红烧 (紅燒)
红牌 (紅牌)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红糖 (紅糖)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
红肿 (紅腫)
红花 (紅花)
红茶 (紅茶)
红薯 (紅薯)
红豆 (紅豆)
红军 (紅軍)
红运 (紅運)
红颜 (紅顏)
腮红 (腮紅)
脸红 (臉紅)
西红柿 (西紅柿)
走红 (走紅)
通红 (通紅)
开门红 (開門紅)
鲜红 (鮮紅)

Appears In:

红 also appears in:
荭
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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