Now in modern Chinese there are more than 50,000 characters in total. And the number of commonly used word is 2500. Is there anything that can help you to more easily recognize and learn Chinese characters? The answer is yes. In 1983, Chinese Character Reform Committee published a list of 201 components and their sequence. These components are called “radicals”(部首bùshǒu). Each radical has a meaning. Today we will learn some radicals.
Category: Introductory Chinese
The Structure of Chinese Characters
Now in modern Chinese there are more than 50,000 characters in total,All of them can be put into three types.They are pictographs,ideographs,and radical-phonetic compound characters.
Write “耳”(ear) in Chinese character
耳(ěr)
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Write “日”(sun) in Chinese character
One character a day, easy to master Chinese characters. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "日".
The Most Strange & Hardest Characters Of All Time
HK Newspaper Mingpao News (明报) found the 23 hardest Chinese characters selected from Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典, the chinese dictionary edited in Qing dynasty). Few Chinese have seen these characters, including pronunciation and meaning. 香港明报报道,网友在网上组织的一个“最难汉字”评选活动中选出20多个长相奇特的汉字,一般人看了,个个都摸不着头脑。
Evolution of Hanzi stripts
The forms of Chinese characters have changed from ancient pictographs to abstract characters nowadays. You can guess the meanings of the following characters by their appearance.
Write “身”(body) in Chinese character
One character a day, easy to master Chinese characters. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "身".
Write 口(mouth) in Chinese character
One character a day, it is easy to master Chinese characters day by day. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "口".
Write “脊”(spine) in Chinese character
One character a day, easy to master Chinese characters. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "脊".