1. 粉
  2. 紅
  3. 色

粉

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  1. 粉 is the 1496th most frequent character.
  2. 粉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 粉 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 粉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
粉 => 米, 分
Radical :
粉 => 米 (rice), 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
粉 => 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen3 - powder/cosmetic face powder/food prepared from starch/noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour/whitewash/white/pink

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 粉 (fen3): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 粉 (fen3): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

粉红 (粉紅)
粉丝 (粉絲)

Medium Frequency

奶粉 
散粉 
河粉 
洗衣粉 
凉粉 (涼粉)
淀粉 (澱粉)
生粉 
米粉 
粉 
粉刺 
粉底 
粉末 
粉碎 
粉笔 (粉筆)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
粉饰 (粉飾)
粉饼 (粉餅)
糯米粉 
胡椒粉 
肠粉 (腸粉)
花粉 
面粉 (麵粉)

紅

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  1. 紅 is the 502nd most frequent character.
  2. 紅 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 紅 appears as a character in 166 words.
  4. 紅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紅 => 糹, 工
Radical :
紅 => 糹 (silk), 工 (work)
Graphical :
紅 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hong2 - surname Hong
  2. hong2 - red/popular/revolutionary/bonus

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紅 (hong2): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大红 (大紅)
红 (紅)
红包 (紅包)
红色 (紅色)

Medium Frequency

分红 (分紅)
口红 (口紅)
姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
火红 (火紅)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
当红 (當紅)
发红 (發紅)
眼红 (眼紅)
粉红 (粉紅)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
红尘 (紅塵)
红妆 (紅妝)
红彤彤 (紅彤彤)
红心 (紅心)
红旗 (紅旗)
红星 (紅星)
红枣 (紅棗)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
红毯 (紅毯)
红润 (紅潤)
红火 (紅火)
红灯 (紅燈)
红烧 (紅燒)
红牌 (紅牌)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红糖 (紅糖)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
红肿 (紅腫)
红花 (紅花)
红茶 (紅茶)
红薯 (紅薯)
红豆 (紅豆)
红军 (紅軍)
红运 (紅運)
红颜 (紅顏)
腮红 (腮紅)
脸红 (臉紅)
西红柿 (西紅柿)
走红 (走紅)
通红 (通紅)
开门红 (開門紅)
鲜红 (鮮紅)

色

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  1. 色 is the 304th most frequent character.
  2. 色 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 色 appears as a character in 186 words.
  4. 色 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
色 => ⺈, 巴
Radical :
色 => 色 (color/prettiness)
Graphical :
色 => ⺈, 丨, 匚, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. se4 - color/CL:種|种[zhong3]/look/appearance/sex
  2. shai3 - color/dice

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 色 (se4): The component 色 is pronounced as 'se4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 色 (shai3): The component 色 is pronounced as 'shai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

彩色 
本色 
白色 
红色 (紅色)
角色 
颜色 (顏色)
黑色 

Medium Frequency

三色 
以色列 
出色 
咖啡色 
夜色 
天色 
好色 
姿色 
春色 
景色 
月色 
有色 
棕色 
橙色 
气色 (氣色)
深色 
浅色 (淺色)
清一色 
灰色 
特色 
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
紫色 
绿色 (綠色)
肤色 (膚色)
脸色 (臉色)
色 
色彩 
色情 
色斑 
色泽 (色澤)
色狼 
色素 
色调 (色調)
蓝色 (藍色)
血色 
褪色 
变色 (變色)
金色 
金黄色 (金黃色)
银色 (銀色)
面色 
黄色 (黃色)
黑色素 

Appears In:

色 also appears in:
色绝艳滟铯蕝艴艷絶艶銫
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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