• 1264th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cài (cai4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎi' (cai3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for cài (cai4)The component is pronounced as 'cài' (cai4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cài (cai4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

白菜 
菜刀 
蔬菜 
青菜 

Uncommon

上菜 
主菜 
做菜 
剩菜 
卷心菜 
大白菜 
家常菜 
小菜 
小菜一碟 
川菜 
椰菜 
榨菜 
油菜 
泡菜 
炒菜 
生菜 
素菜 
紫菜 
芥菜 
花菜 
芹菜 
菜单 (菜單)
菜园 (菜園)
菜地 
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 
韭菜 
饭菜 (飯菜)
香菜 
咸菜 (鹹菜)
点菜 (點菜)

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  • 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 821 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

地主 
地址 
地方 
地铁 (地鐵)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地中海 
地久天长 (地久天長)
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地平线 (地平線)
地心 
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地处 (地處)
地质 (地質)
地道 
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
境地 
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
征地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
所在地 
扫地 (掃地)
故地 
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
湿地 (濕地)
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
荒地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
开天辟地 (開天闢地)
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)

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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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