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  1. 菜 is the 1264th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 100 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (claw/talon), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cai4 - dish (type of food)/vegetables/vegetable/cuisine/CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 菜 (cai4): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 菜 (cai4): The component 采 is pronounced as 'cai4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 菜 (cai4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
菜刀 
蔬菜 

Medium Frequency

上菜 
做菜 
大白菜 
家常菜 
小菜 
小菜一碟 
川菜 
油菜 
泡菜 
炒菜 
生菜 
白菜 
素菜 
紫菜 
芹菜 
菜单 (菜單)
菜市场 (菜市場)
菜花 
菜谱 (菜譜)
菜肴 (菜餚)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
菠菜 
荠菜 (薺菜)
酸菜 
青菜 
韭菜 
饭菜 (飯菜)
香菜 
咸菜 (鹹菜)
点菜 (點菜)

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Meta:

  1. 單 is the 389th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 118 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (N/A), (upside down box), (two), (line), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shan4 - surname Shan
  2. dan1 - bill/list/form/single/only/sole/odd number/CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

名单 (名單)
 ()
单位 (單位)
单纯 (單純)
单身 (單身)
孤单 (孤單)
简单 (簡單)

Medium Frequency

下单 (下單)
传单 (傳單)
单一 (單一)
单人 (單人)
单价 (單價)
单元 (單元)
单单 (單單)
单子 (單子)
单恋 (單戀)
单手 (單手)
单挑 (單挑)
单方面 (單方面)
单曲 (單曲)
单独 (單獨)
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
单肩包 (單肩包)
单亲 (單親)
单词 (單詞)
单调 (單調)
单身汉 (單身漢)
单车 (單車)
埋单 (埋單)
帐单 (帳單)
床单 (床單)
成绩单 (成績單)
清单 (清單)
罚单 (罰單)
菜单 (菜單)
西单 (西單)
订单 (訂單)
买单 (買單)
账单 (賬單)

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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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