1. 暗
  2. 淡

暗

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  1. 暗 is the 827th most frequent character.
  2. 暗 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 暗 appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. 暗 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
暗 => 日, 音
Radical :
暗 => 日 (sun/day), 音 (sound)
Graphical :
暗 => 口, 一, 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. an4 - dark/gloomy/hidden/secret/muddled/obscure/in the dark
  2. an4 - to close (a door)/to eclipse/muddled/stupid/ignorant/variant of 暗[an4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

暗恋 (暗戀)
黑暗 

Medium Frequency

昏暗 
暗 
暗中 
暗地 
暗暗 
暗淡 
暗示 
暗算 
暗自 
暗藏 
暗号 (暗號)
柳暗花明 
灰暗 
阴暗 (陰暗)

淡

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  1. 淡 is the 1291st most frequent character.
  2. 淡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 淡 appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. 淡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
淡 => 氵, 炎
Radical :
淡 => 氵 (water), 炎 (N/A)
Graphical :
淡 => ⺀, ㇀, 炎

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dan4 - insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 淡 (dan4): The component 炎 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

平淡 
淡定 

Medium Frequency

冷淡 
扯淡 
淡 
淡化 
淡忘 
淡淡 
淡漠 
淡然 
清淡 
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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