漢字 / 汉字 hànzì
By Levi Clancy for Student Reader on
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- 中文 Chinese
- Chinese studies
- Communication
- Country and language
- 中國 China populations
- 代名詞 Pronouns
- 名字 Names
- 商店 Stores
- 天氣 / 天气 weather
- 季節 / 季节 Seasons
- 學校 / 学校 School
- 家人 Family
- 工作 Work
- 數字 Numbers
- 旅行 Travel
- 是 shì 、很 hěn 、得 dě
- 時候 / 时候 Time
- 普通话: Activities and invitations
- 普通话一 Mandarin 1
- 普通话二 Mandarin 2
- 漢字 / 汉字 hànzì
- 生日 Birthday and age
- 色 Color
- 衣服 Clothes
- 錢 / 钱 Money
- 飯館 / 饭馆 Restaurant
- 餐 Meals
Six Principles
1) Picture (tree)
2) Ideogram (end of a tree)
3) Combining to create a new character (combining trees to make a forest)
4) Phonetic-semantic, picto-phonetic
5) 6) Re-using existing characters in a novel way.
Character radicals
Must-know radicals
These characters occur often and are good to learn and recognize. They can represent a meaning and/or sound.
人
rén
person
亻
rén
person
土
tǔ
terra, earth
生
shēng
young, life, lifetime
子
zi
child
口
kǒu
mouth
儿
ér
legs
入
rù
enter
几
table
刀
knife
囗
domain
宀
roof
幺
thread
彳
step
日
sun
月
moon
父 fù
father
田 tián
field
言 / 讠 yán
speech
豕 shǐ
pig
貝 / 贝 bèi
shell
辶 chuò
walk
馬 / 马 mǎ
horse
广 guǎng
shelter
夕 xī
night
火 huǒ
灬 huǒ
fire
臼 jiù
mortar