1. 胡
  2. 蘿
  3. 蔔
  4. 素

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

蘿

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  1. 蘿 is the 2739th most frequent character.
  2. 蘿 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蘿 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 蘿 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蘿 => 艹, 羅
Radical :
蘿 => 艹 (grass), 罒 (net), 糹 (silk), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
蘿 => 艹, 口, 丨, ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. luo2 - radish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蘿 (luo2): The component 羅 is pronounced as 'luo2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
萝卜 (蘿蔔)

Medium Frequency

胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
菠萝 (菠蘿)
萝莉 (蘿莉)
萝卜糕 (蘿蔔糕)

蔔

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  1. 蔔 is the 1976th most frequent character.
  2. 蔔 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蔔 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 蔔 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蔔 => 艹, 匐
Radical :
蔔 => 艹 (grass), 勹 (wrap), 一 (one), 口 (mouth), 田 (field)
Graphical :
蔔 => 艹, ㇆, ㇒, 一, 口, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bo5 - see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蔔 (bo5): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

萝卜 (蘿蔔)

Medium Frequency

胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
卜 (蔔)

素

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  1. 素 is the 660th most frequent character.
  2. 素 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 素 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 素 appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
素 => 龶, 糸
Radical :
素 => 龶 (N/A), 糸 (silk)
Graphical :
素 => 龶, ㇛, 丶, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元素 
因素 
素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Medium Frequency

像素 
吃素 
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 
黑色素 

Appears In:

素 also appears in:
愫嗉膆螦
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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