1. 灿
  2. 烂

灿

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  1. 灿 is the 2586th most frequent character.
  2. 灿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灿 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 灿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灿 => 火, 山
Radical :
灿 => 火 (fire), 山 (mountain)
Graphical :
灿 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. can4 - glorious/bright/brilliant/lustrous/resplendent

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灿 (can4): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灿烂 (燦爛)

Medium Frequency

烂

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Meta:

  1. 烂 is the 1752nd most frequent character.
  2. 烂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 烂 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 烂 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
烂 => 火, 兰
Radical :
烂 => 火 (fire), 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 二 (two)
Graphical :
烂 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 丷, 一, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lan4 - soft/mushy/well-cooked and soft/to rot/to decompose/rotten/worn out/chaotic/messy/utterly/thoroughly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 烂 (lan4): The component 兰 is pronounced as 'lan2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灿烂 (燦爛)
烂 (爛)

Medium Frequency

海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
烂漫 (爛漫)
破烂 (破爛)
糜烂 (糜爛)
绚烂 (絢爛)
腐烂 (腐爛)
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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