1. 灰
  2. 暗

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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暗

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Meta:

  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)
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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