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  1. 綠 is the 1086th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (silk), (pig snout), (water)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lu:4 - green

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 綠 (lu:4): The component 彔 is pronounced as 'lu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

绿 ()
绿宝石 (綠寶石)
绿色 (綠色)
绿豆 (綠豆)

Medium Frequency

灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
碧绿 (碧綠)
红男绿女 (紅男綠女)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿化 (綠化)
绿卡 (綠卡)
绿地 (綠地)
绿松石 (綠松石)
绿水 (綠水)
绿油油 (綠油油)
绿洲 (綠洲)
绿灯 (綠燈)
绿茵 (綠茵)
绿草 (綠草)
绿叶 (綠葉)
翠绿 (翠綠)
花花绿绿 (花花綠綠)
黄绿色 (黃綠色)

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Meta:

  1. 草 is the 787th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 97 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cao3 - grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
  2. cao4 - variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
草根 
草莓 

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
皮草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 
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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