1. 拈
  2. 花
  3. 惹
  4. 草

拈

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  1. 拈 is the 3608th most frequent character.
  2. 拈 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 拈 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 拈 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
拈 => 扌, 占
Radical :
拈 => 扌 (hand), ⺊ (divination), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
拈 => 亅, 二, 丨, 一, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nian1 - to nip/to grasp with the fingers/to fiddle with/Taiwan pr. [nian2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

拈花惹草 

花

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  1. 花 is the 410th most frequent character.
  2. 花 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 花 appears as a character in 286 words.
  4. 花 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
花 => 艹, 化
Radical :
花 => 艹 (grass), 亻 (human), 匕 (spoon)
Graphical :
花 => 艹, ㇒, 丨, 乚, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hua1 - surname Hua
  2. hua1 - flower/blossom/CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 花 (hua1): The component 化 is pronounced as 'hua1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 花 (hua1): The component 化 is pronounced as 'hua4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

烟花 (煙花)
花 
雪花 
鲜花 (鮮花)

Medium Frequency

五花肉 
印花 
大丽花 (大麗花)
天花板 
如花 
心花怒放 
挑花眼 
提花 
插花 
昙花一现 (曇花一現)
校花 
桂花 
桃花运 (桃花運)
梅花 
棉花 
棉花糖 
樱花 (櫻花)
水仙花 
浪花 
火花 
爆米花 
玫瑰花 
白花花 
百合花 
眼花 
礼花 (禮花)
种花 (種花)
红花 (紅花)
繁花 
绣花 (繡花)
花光 
花儿 (花兒)
花卉 
花园 (花園)
花季 
花心 
花掉 
花旦 
花木兰 (花木蘭)
花朵 
花枝 
花椒 
花样 (花樣)
花灯 (花燈)
花瓣 
花瓶 
花生 
花生米 
花痴 
花盆 
花粉 
花纹 (花紋)
花絮 
花色 
花草 
花菜 
花街 
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
花费 (花費)
花轿 (花轎)
花边 (花邊)
花都 
花香 
茶花 
荷花 
菊花 
菊花茶 
菜花 
莲花 (蓮花)
葱花 (蔥花)
兰花 (蘭花)
西兰花 (西蘭花)
豆花 
锦上添花 (錦上添花)
开花 (開花)
风花雪月 (風花雪月)
麻花 
黄花 (黃花)

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花 also appears in:
糀

惹

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  1. 惹 is the 2267th most frequent character.
  2. 惹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 惹 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 惹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
惹 => 若, 心
Radical :
惹 => 艹 (grass), 𠂇 (left hand), 口 (mouth), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
惹 => 艹, 𠂇, 口, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. re3 - to provoke/to irritate/to vex/to stir up/to anger/to attract (troubles)/to cause (problems)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 惹 (re3): The component 若 is pronounced as 'ruo4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

惹 

Medium Frequency

惹事 
惹人 
惹火 
招惹 

草

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  1. 草 is the 787th most frequent character.
  2. 草 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 草 appears as a character in 97 words.
  4. 草 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
草 => 艹, 早
Radical :
草 => 艹 (grass), 日 (sun/day), 十 (ten)
Graphical :
草 => 艹, 口, 一, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cao3 - grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
  2. cao4 - variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

草 
草根 
草莓 

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
皮草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 
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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