Meta:

  1. 蜡 is the 2588th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (insect), (grass), (one), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , 𠂉, , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. la4 - candle/wax

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蜡烛 (蠟燭)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

Medium Frequency

石蜡 (石蠟)
蜜蜡 (蜜蠟)
蜡像馆 (蠟像館)
发蜡 (髮蠟)

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Meta:

  1. 笔 is the 954th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 79 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (fur/hair)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi3 - pen/pencil/writing brush/to write or compose/the strokes of Chinese characters/classifier for sums of money, deals/CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

Medium Frequency

下笔 (下筆)
伏笔 (伏筆)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
执笔 (執筆)
妙笔生花 (妙筆生花)
提笔 (提筆)
败笔 (敗筆)
文笔 (文筆)
毛笔 (毛筆)
煞笔 (煞筆)
画笔 (畫筆)
眉笔 (眉筆)
神笔 (神筆)
笔名 (筆名)
笔尖 (筆尖)
笔架 (筆架)
笔画 (筆畫)
笔直 (筆直)
笔筒 (筆筒)
笔者 (筆者)
笔触 (筆觸)
笔试 (筆試)
笔迹 (筆跡)
笔录 (筆錄)
笔头 (筆頭)
粉笔 (粉筆)
落笔 (落筆)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
亲笔 (親筆)
铅笔 (鉛筆)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
随笔 (隨筆)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.