1. 黄
  2. 油

黄

Previous (紧)Next (绝)
  • 561st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 281 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
黄→
龷No glyph available
2Radical
黄→
艹grass一one二two丨line凵container八eight/divide
3Graphical
黄→
艹一二丨凵八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huáng (Huang2)surname Huang or Hwang
2. huáng (huang2)yellow • pornographic • to fall through

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
黄的是我这
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Appears In

黄 also appears in:
横簧磺璜潢蟥黉黇鐄黋癀趪

Example Words

Common

黄昏 (黃昏)
黄牛 (黃牛)
黄瓜 (黃瓜)
黄色 (黃色)
黄金 (黃金)

Uncommon

大黄 (大黃)
扫黄 (掃黃)
橘黄色 (橘黃色)
淡黄 (淡黃)
浅黄色 (淺黃色)
炎黄子孙 (炎黃子孫)
焦黄 (焦黃)
姜黄 (薑黃)
蛋黄 (蛋黃)
蟹黄 (蟹黃)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
黄土 (黃土)
黄埔 (黃埔)
黄埔区 (黃埔區)
黄山 (黃山)
黄冈 (黃岡)
黄巾 (黃巾)
黄帝 (黃帝)
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)
黄河 (黃河)
黄油 (黃油)
黄泉 (黃泉)
黄浦 (黃浦)
黄浦区 (黃浦區)
黄浦江 (黃浦江)
黄海 (黃海)
黄片 (黃片)
黄牌 (黃牌)
黄牛票 (黃牛票)
黄疸 (黃疸)
黄石 (黃石)
黄绿 (黃綠)
黄绿色 (黃綠色)
黄脸婆 (黃臉婆)
黄芪 (黃芪)
黄花 (黃花)
黄花鱼 (黃花魚)
黄豆 (黃荳)
黄蜂 (黃蜂)
黄连 (黃連)
黄道 (黃道)
黄酒 (黃酒)
黄酮 (黃酮)
黄金周 (黃金周)
黄金档 (黃金檔)
黄陂区 (黃陂區)
黄飞鸿 (黃飛鴻)
黄鱼 (黃魚)
黄鳝 (黃鱔)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
黄鼠狼 (黃鼠狼)
黄龙 (黃龍)

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油

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Previous (毒)Next (疗)
  • 946th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 220 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
油→
氵由
2Radical
油→
氵water二two丨line凵container
3Graphical
油→
⺀㇀二丨凵

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)oil • fat • grease • petroleum • to apply tung oil, paint or varnish • oily • greasy • glib • cunning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 油 yóu (you2)The component 由 is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
油的是我这
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Example Words

Common

加油 

Uncommon

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
植物油 
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
甘油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)

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