• 502nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hóng (Hong2)surname Hong
2. hóng (hong2)red • popular • revolutionary • bonus

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hóng (hong2)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

大红 (大紅)
红包 (紅包)
红色 (紅色)

Uncommon

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)
红娘 (紅娘)
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)
红线 (紅線)
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)

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  • 1199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
fireNo glyph availableonelegs
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)to burn • to cook • to stew • to bake • to roast • fever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

燃烧 (燃燒)
烧烤 (燒烤)
发烧 (發燒)

Uncommon

串烧 (串燒)
低烧 (低燒)
叉烧 (叉燒)
火烧 (火燒)
烧伤 (燒傷)
烧掉 (燒掉)
烧水 (燒水)
烧火 (燒火)
烧焦 (燒焦)
烧纸 (燒紙)
烧卖 (燒賣)
烧酒 (燒酒)
烧开 (燒開)
烧饼 (燒餅)
烧香 (燒香)
烧麦 (燒麥)
发烧友 (發燒友)
红烧 (紅燒)
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
退烧 (退燒)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
高烧 (高燒)

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  • 1007th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ròu (rou4)meat • flesh • pulp (of a fruit)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ròu (rou4)The component is pronounced as 'ròu' (rou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

烤肉 
牛肉 
羊肉 
肉体 (肉體)
肌肉 
猪肉 (豬肉)
鸡肉 (雞肉)

Uncommon

五花肉 
回锅肉 (回鍋肉)
大鱼大肉 (大魚大肉)
心惊肉跳 (心驚肉跳)
东坡肉 (東坡肉)
果肉 
卤肉 (滷肉)
炖肉 (燉肉)
牛肉干 (牛肉乾)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
狗肉 
生肉 
瘦肉 
瘦肉精 
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
羊肉串 
肉丸 
肉末 
肉桂 
肉汤 (肉湯)
肉片 
肉眼 
肉丝 (肉絲)
肉质 (肉質)
肉身 
肉酱 (肉醬)
肉类 (肉類)
肉食 
肉饼 (肉餅)
肉馅 (肉餡)
肉松 (肉鬆)
肉麻 
肥肉 
血肉 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
赘肉 (贅肉)
食肉 
骨肉 

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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.
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