1. 本
  2. 色

本

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Meta:

  1. 本 is the 92nd most frequent character.
  2. 本 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 本 appears as a character in 142 words.
  4. 本 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
本 => 木, 一
Radical :
本 => 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
本 => 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ben3 - roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc/originally

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)

Appears In:

本 also appears in:
体笨钵苯缽翉

色

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Meta:

  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 

Appears In:

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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