1. 熬
  2. 夜

熬

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  1. 熬 is the 2699th most frequent character.
  2. 熬 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 熬 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 熬 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
熬 => 敖, 灬
Radical :
熬 => 龶 (N/A), 一 (one), 丿 (bend), ㇆ (N/A), ⺙ (knock), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
熬 => 龶, 一, 丿, ㇆, 丿, 一, 乂, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ao1 - to boil/to simmer
  2. ao2 - to cook on a slow fire/to extract by heating/to decoct/to endure

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 熬 (ao1): The component 敖 is pronounced as 'ao2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 熬 (ao2): The component 敖 is pronounced as 'ao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

煎熬 
熬 
熬夜 

夜

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  1. 夜 is the 664th most frequent character.
  2. 夜 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 夜 appears as a character in 84 words.
  4. 夜 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
夜 => 亠, No glyph available
Radical :
夜 => 亠 (lid), 亻 (human), 夂 (go), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
夜 => 一, 丶, ㇒, 丨, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye4 - night

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

夜 
夜间 (夜間)

Medium Frequency

今夜 
午夜 
半夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜店 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
黑夜 

Appears In:

夜 also appears in:
液腋掖
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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