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  1. 黑 is the 519th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 24 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (black)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hei1 - abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
  2. hei1 - black/dark/(loanword) to hack

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 灬 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 黑 (hei1): The component 黑 is pronounced as 'hei1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
黑暗 
黑色 

Medium Frequency

摸黑 
漆黑 
黑人 
黑夜 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑白 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑龙江 (黑龍江)

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  1. 色 is the 304th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 186 words.
  4. appears as a component in 11 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (color/prettiness)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. se4 - color/CL:種|种[zhong3]/look/appearance/sex
  2. shai3 - color/dice

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 色 (se4): The component 色 is pronounced as 'se4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 色 (shai3): The component 色 is pronounced as 'shai3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

彩色 
本色 
白色 
红色 (紅色)
角色 
颜色 (顏色)
黑色 

Medium Frequency

三色 
以色列 
出色 
咖啡色 
夜色 
天色 
好色 
姿色 
春色 
景色 
月色 
有色 
棕色 
橙色 
气色 (氣色)
深色 
浅色 (淺色)
清一色 
灰色 
特色 
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
紫色 
绿色 (綠色)
肤色 (膚色)
脸色 (臉色)
 
色彩 
色情 
色斑 
色泽 (色澤)
色狼 
色素 
色调 (色調)
蓝色 (藍色)
血色 
褪色 
变色 (變色)
金色 
金黄色 (金黃色)
银色 (銀色)
面色 
黄色 (黃色)
黑色素 

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  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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