Meta:

  1. 苍 is the 1726th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 31 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (human), (second), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cang1 - surname Cang
  2. cang1 - dark blue/deep green/ash-gray

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 苍 (cang1): The component 仓 is pronounced as 'cang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 苍 (cang1): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

苍天 (蒼天)
苍白 (蒼白)
苍茫 (蒼茫)
苍蝇 (蒼蠅)

Medium Frequency

上苍 (上蒼)
苍南 (蒼南)
苍山 (蒼山)
苍梧 (蒼梧)
苍凉 (蒼涼)
苍生 (蒼生)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
苍穹 (蒼穹)
苍老 (蒼老)
苍苍 (蒼蒼)

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Meta:

  1. 凉 is the 1579th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (ice), (lid), (mouth), (small)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Liang2 - the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
  2. liang2 - cool/cold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
凄凉 (淒涼)
清凉 (清涼)

Medium Frequency

冰凉 (冰涼)
受凉 (受涼)
悲凉 (悲涼)
冲凉 (沖涼)
凉快 (涼快)
凉意 (涼意)
凉拌 (涼拌)
凉水 (涼水)
凉爽 (涼爽)
凉皮 (涼皮)
凉粉 (涼粉)
凉面 (涼面)
凉鞋 (涼鞋)
荒凉 (荒涼)
着凉 (著涼)
苍凉 (蒼涼)
阴凉 (陰涼)
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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