1. 灰
  2. 塵

灰

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  1. 灰 is the 1309th most frequent character.
  2. 灰 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灰 appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. 灰 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灰 => 𠂇, 火
Radical :
灰 => 𠂇 (left hand), 火 (fire)
Graphical :
灰 => 𠂇, 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hui1 - ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灰 (hui1): The component 火 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灰 

Medium Frequency

心灰意冷 
灰尘 (灰塵)
灰姑娘 
灰心 
灰暗 
灰色 
灰蒙蒙 
炮灰 
烟灰缸 (煙灰缸)

Appears In:

灰 also appears in:
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塵

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Meta:

  1. 塵 is the 1716th most frequent character.
  2. 塵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 塵 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 塵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
塵 => 鹿, 土
Radical :
塵 => 鹿 (deer), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
塵 => 厂, 丶, 覀, 比, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen2 - dust/dirt/earth

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

尘世 (塵世)
尘埃 (塵埃)
灰尘 (灰塵)
红尘 (紅塵)

Medium Frequency

一尘不染 (一塵不染)
凡尘 (凡塵)
前尘 (前塵)
吸尘器 (吸塵器)
尘土 (塵土)
尘封 (塵封)
后尘 (後塵)
望尘莫及 (望塵莫及)
烟尘 (煙塵)
粉尘 (粉塵)
除尘 (除塵)
风尘 (風塵)
风尘仆仆 (風塵僕僕)
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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