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  1. 青 is the 497th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 140 words.
  4. appears as a component in 31 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (green/blue)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qing1 - nature's color/green or blue/greenish black/youth/young (of people)/abbr. for Qinghai province 青海

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 青 (qing1): The component 青 is pronounced as 'qing1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

青年 
青春 
青春期 

Medium Frequency

刺青 
刘青云 (劉青雲)
小青年 
年青 
愤青 (憤青)
杀青 (殺青)
 
青天 
青少年 
青山 
青岛 (青島)
青岛市 (青島市)
青春痘 
青椒 
青海 
青睐 (青睞)
青菜 
青葱 (青蔥)
青藏 
青蛙 
青豆 
青铜 (青銅)
青龙 (青龍)

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  1. 黴 is the 2420th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (step), (mountain), (one), (black), (knock)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei2 - variant of 霉[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 黴 (mei2): The component 黑 is pronounced as 'hei1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
霉菌 (黴菌)

Medium Frequency

红霉素 (紅黴素)
青霉素 (青黴素)

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Meta:

  1. 素 is the 660th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (N/A), (silk)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. su4 - raw silk/white/plain, unadorned/vegetarian (food)/essence/nature/element/constituent/usually/always/ever

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

元素 
因素 
 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Medium Frequency

像素 
吃素 
抗生素 
朴素 (樸素)
毒素 
激素 
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
白素贞 (白素貞)
素描 
素菜 
素颜 (素顏)
素食 
素食者 
素养 (素養)
纤维素 (纖維素)
罗素 (羅素)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
色素 
荤素 (葷素)
要素 
护发素 (護髮素)
霉素 
黑色素 

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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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