1. 棕
  2. 櫚
  3. 油

棕

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  1. 棕 is the 2768th most frequent character.
  2. 棕 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 棕 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 棕 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
棕 => 木, 宗
Radical :
棕 => 木 (tree), 宀 (roof), 示 (sign)
Graphical :
棕 => 一, 丨, 八, 冖, 丶, 二, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zong1 - palm/palm fiber/coir (coconut fiber)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 棕 (zong1): The component 宗 is pronounced as 'zong1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

棕色 

Medium Frequency

棕榈 (棕櫚)
棕熊 
深棕色 

櫚

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  1. 櫚 is the 3962nd most frequent character.
  2. 櫚 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 櫚 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 櫚 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
櫚 => 木, 閭
Radical :
櫚 => 木 (tree), 門 (gate), 吕 (N/A)
Graphical :
櫚 => 一, 丨, 八, 門, 吕

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu:2 - palm tree

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 櫚 (lu:2): The component 閭 is pronounced as 'lu:2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 櫚 (lu:2): The component 吕 is pronounced as 'lu:3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

棕榈 (棕櫚)

Medium Frequency

棕榈树 (棕櫚樹)
棕榈油 (棕櫚油)

油

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  1. 油 is the 946th most frequent character.
  2. 油 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 油 appears as a character in 134 words.
  4. 油 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
油 => 氵, 由
Radical :
油 => 氵 (water), 二 (two), 丨 (line), 凵 (container)
Graphical :
油 => ⺀, ㇀, 二, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you2 - oil/fat/grease/petroleum/to apply tung oil, paint or varnish/oily/greasy/glib/cunning

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 油 (you2): The component 由 is pronounced as 'you2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

加油 
油 

Medium Frequency

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)
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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