Meta:

  1. 火 is the 433rd most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 191 words.
  4. appears as a component in 226 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (fire)
Graphical :
=> 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Huo3 - surname Huo
  2. huo3 - fire/urgent/ammunition/fiery or flaming/internal heat (Chinese medicine)/hot (popular)/classifier for military units (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 火 (huo3): The component 火 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
火星 
火线 (火線)
火车 (火車)
火车票 (火車票)
火车站 (火車站)
火锅 (火鍋)
烈火 
烟火 (煙火)

Medium Frequency

上火 
去火 
大火 
失火 
怒火 
恼火 (惱火)
惹火 
战火 (戰火)
打火机 (打火機)
放火 
文火 
柴火 
灭火 (滅火)
火候 
火力 
火大 
火山 
火影忍者 
火星人 
火柴 
火气 (火氣)
火灾 (火災)
火炬 
火炮 
火焰 
火焰山 
火热 (火熱)
火烧 (火燒)
火爆 
火炉 (火爐)
火神 
火箭 
火红 (火紅)
火腿 
火花 
火药 (火藥)
火辣 
火速 
火鸡 (火雞)
火龙 (火龍)
火龙果 (火龍果)
烤火 
焰火 
熄火 
灯火 (燈火)
烛火 (燭火)
发火 (發火)
篝火 
红火 (紅火)
肝火 
着火 (著火)
萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
观火 (觀火)
走火 
起火 
过火 (過火)
开火 (開火)
防火 
降火 
风风火火 (風風火火)
香火 
点火 (點火)

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Meta:

  1. 候 is the 341st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (human), (line), No glyph available, (arrow)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou4 - to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

时候 (時候)

Medium Frequency

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.