• 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 216 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

元素 
因素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Uncommon

像素 
吃素 
安之若素 
尿素 
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 
黑素 
黑色素 

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  • 759th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 132 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎng (yang3)to raise (animals) • to bring up (children) • to keep (pets) • to support • to give birth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǎng (yang3)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Uncommon

休养 (休養)
休养生息 (休養生息)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
疗养 (療養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
静养 (靜養)
韬光养晦 (韜光養晦)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养家糊口 (養家糊口)
养尊处优 (養尊處優)
养性 (養性)
养殖 (養殖)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.