1. 胡
  2. 椒
  3. 粉

胡

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  1. 胡 is the 804th most frequent character.
  2. 胡 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 胡 appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. 胡 appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
胡 => 古, 月
Radical :
胡 => 十 (ten), 口 (mouth), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
胡 => 一, 丨, 口, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hu2 - surname Hu
  2. hu2 - non-Han people, esp. from central Asia/reckless/outrageous/what?/why?/to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
  3. hu2 - see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  4. hu2 - beard/mustache/whiskers

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 胡 (hu2): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

二胡 
胡 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡子 (鬍子)

Medium Frequency

死胡同 
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡同 
胡扯 
胡搅 (胡攪)
胡桃 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
胡话 (胡話)
胡说 (胡說)
胡适 (胡適)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
胡闹 (胡鬧)
胡须 (鬍鬚)
黑胡椒 

Appears In:

胡 also appears in:
湖糊蝴瑚葫鹕猢煳醐餬鍸

椒

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  1. 椒 is the 3181st most frequent character.
  2. 椒 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 椒 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 椒 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
椒 => 木, 叔
Radical :
椒 => 木 (tree), ⺊ (divination), 一 (one), 小 (small), 又 (right hand)
Graphical :
椒 => 一, 丨, 八, 丨, 一, 一, 亅, 八, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao1 - pepper

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 椒 (jiao1): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

辣椒 

Medium Frequency

尖椒 
胡椒 
胡椒粉 
花椒 
辣椒酱 (辣椒醬)
青椒 

粉

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  1. 粉 is the 1496th most frequent character.
  2. 粉 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 粉 appears as a character in 60 words.
  4. 粉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
粉 => 米, 分
Radical :
粉 => 米 (rice), 八 (eight/divide), 刀 (knife)
Graphical :
粉 => 一, 丨, 八, 丷, 八, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. fen3 - powder/cosmetic face powder/food prepared from starch/noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour/whitewash/white/pink

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 粉 (fen3): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 粉 (fen3): The component 分 is pronounced as 'fen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

粉红 (粉紅)
粉丝 (粉絲)

Medium Frequency

奶粉 
散粉 
河粉 
洗衣粉 
凉粉 (涼粉)
淀粉 (澱粉)
生粉 
米粉 
粉 
粉刺 
粉底 
粉末 
粉碎 
粉笔 (粉筆)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
粉饰 (粉飾)
粉饼 (粉餅)
糯米粉 
胡椒粉 
肠粉 (腸粉)
花粉 
面粉 (麵粉)
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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