Meta:

  1. 白 is the 286th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. appears as a component in 120 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (white)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bai2 - surname Bai
  2. bai2 - white/snowy/pure/bright/empty/blank/plain/clear/to make clear/in vain/gratuitous/free of charge/reactionary/anti-communist/funeral/to stare coldly/to write wrong character/to state/to explain/vernacular/spoken lines in opera

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 白 (bai2): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明白 
 
白天 
白羊座 
白色 

Medium Frequency

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
告白 
坦白 
大白菜 
太白 
对白 (對白)
旁白 
李白 
清白 
洁白 (潔白)
独白 (獨白)
白人 
白吃 
白嫩 
白宫 (白宮)
白日 
白日梦 (白日夢)
白昼 (白晝)
白求恩 
白净 (白淨)
白痴 
白白 
白皙 
白眼 
白糖 
白花花 
白茫茫 
白菜 
白血病 
白话 (白話)
白费 (白費)
白酒 
白醋 
白金 
白银 (白銀)
白开水 (白開水)
白雪 
白云 (白雲)
白云区 (白雲區)
白领 (白領)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
白饭 (白飯)
白发 (白髮)
白鲸 (白鯨)
直白 
空白 
美白 
苍白 (蒼白)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
表白 
雪白 
黑白 

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Meta:

  1. 炽 is the 3271st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (fire), (mouth), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chi4 - to burn/to blaze/splendid/illustrious

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 炽 (chi4): The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 炽 (chi4): The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

炽热 (熾熱)

Medium Frequency

炽烈 (熾烈)
白炽 (白熾)
白炽灯 (白熾燈)

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Meta:

  1. 灯 is the 1113th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (fire), (one), (hook)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. deng1 - lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灯 (deng1): The component 丁 is pronounced as 'ding1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)
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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