HanziCraft - Information on 酸,甜,苦,辣

酸
甜
苦
辣

酸

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酸 is the 1454th most frequent character.
酸 has 1 dictionary entry.
酸 appears as a character in 89 words.
酸 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

酸 => 酉, 夋

Radical :

酸 => 酉 (wine/alcohol), 厶 (private), 八 (eight/divide), 夂 (go)

Graphical :

酸 => 一, 丿, 乚, 口, 一, ㇛, 丶, 八, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

suan1 - sour/sore/ache/acid

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 酸 (suan1): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)

柠檬酸 (檸檬酸)

叶酸 (葉酸)

酸涩 (酸澀)

甜

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甜 is the 2017th most frequent character.
甜 has 1 dictionary entry.
甜 appears as a character in 27 words.
甜 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

甜 => 舌, 甘

Radical :

甜 => 舌 (tongue), 甘 (sweet)

Graphical :

甜 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 口, 艹, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

tian2 - sweet

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)

甜点 (甜點)

苦

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苦 is the 633rd most frequent character.
苦 has 1 dictionary entry.
苦 appears as a character in 87 words.
苦 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

苦 => 艹, 古

Radical :

苦 => 艹 (grass), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

苦 => 艹, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

ku3 - bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/to bring suffering to/painstakingly

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pinyin final.
Pronunciation clue for 苦 (ku3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)

艰苦 (艱苦)

苦闷 (苦悶)

苦恼 (苦惱)

苦涩 (苦澀)

苦难 (苦難)

诉苦 (訴苦)

辣

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辣 is the 2415th most frequent character.
辣 has 1 dictionary entry.
辣 appears as a character in 21 words.
辣 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

辣 => 辛, 束

Radical :

辣 => 辛 (bitter), 木 (tree), 口 (mouth)

Graphical :

辣 => 一, 丶, 丷, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丨, 八, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

la4 - hot (spicy)/pungent

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

麻辣烫 (麻辣燙)

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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