1. 紫
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紫

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  1. 紫 is the 1644th most frequent character.
  2. 紫 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 紫 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 紫 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
紫 => 此, 糸
Radical :
紫 => 止 (stop), 匕 (spoon), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
紫 => 丨, 一, 丨, 一, 乚, ㇒, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi3 - purple/violet/amethyst/Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)/Japanese: murasaki

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 此 is pronounced as 'ci3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 止 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 紫 (zi3): The component 糸 is pronounced as 'mi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

紫 
紫外线 (紫外線)
紫色 

Medium Frequency

姹紫嫣红 (奼紫嫣紅)
紫禁城 
紫红色 (紫紅色)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
紫荆 (紫荊)
紫菜 
紫薇 
紫金 
紫金山 
紫阳 (紫陽)
万紫千红 (萬紫千紅)

檀

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  1. 檀 is the 3415th most frequent character.
  2. 檀 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 檀 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 檀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
檀 => 木, 亶
Radical :
檀 => 木 (tree), 亠 (lid), 回 (N/A), 日 (sun/day), 一 (one)
Graphical :
檀 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丶, 回, 口, 一, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tan2 - surname Tan
  2. tan2 - sandalwood/hardwood/purple-red

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 檀 (tan2): The component 亶 is pronounced as 'dan3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 檀 (tan2): The component 亠 is pronounced as 'tou2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

檀香 
檀香山 
紫檀 
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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