1. 素
  2. 材

素

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Meta:

  1. 素 is the 660th most frequent character.
  2. 素 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 素 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 素 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
素 => 龶, 糸
Radical :
素 => 龶 (N/A), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
素 => 龶, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. su4 - raw silk/white/plain, unadorned/vegetarian (food)/essence/nature/element/constituent/usually/always/ever

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元素 
因素 
素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Medium Frequency

像素 
吃素 
抗生素 
朴素 (樸素)
毒素 
激素 
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
白素贞 (白素貞)
素描 
素菜 
素颜 (素顏)
素食 
素食者 
素养 (素養)
纤维素 (纖維素)
罗素 (羅素)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
色素 
荤素 (葷素)
要素 
护发素 (護髮素)
霉素 
黑色素 

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素 also appears in:
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材

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Meta:

  1. 材 is the 950th most frequent character.
  2. 材 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 材 appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. 材 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
材 => 木, 才
Radical :
材 => 木 (tree), 𠂇 (left hand), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
材 => 一, 丨, 八, 𠂇, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai2 - material/timber/ability/aptitude/a capable individual/coffin (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 材 (cai2): The component 才 is pronounced as 'cai2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

材料 
身材 

Medium Frequency

器材 
建材 
教材 
材质 (材質)
棺材 
素材 
题材 (題材)
高材生 
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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