Learn chinese: components and characters 6

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Note: when a translation of a character is in brackets, this means that this character cannot be used alone. This does not mean that it has no meaning, just as the roots of words in our Western languages.

Please choose the character stroke order style:


diǎn : hour
  
Stroke order:

Components: divination; mouth; fire (lower position variant).
zhōng : bell / clock / (after diǎn = hour on the dot)
  
Stroke order:

Components: gold, metal; mouth; vertical line. Note the presence of the (seen in sequence 4) which is the phonetic element of the character.
fēn : minute / divide / part
  
Stroke order:

Components: eight; knife.
xiàn : (now). 现在 xiànzài: now.
  
Stroke order:

Components: king; see.
zuó : (yesterday). 昨天 zuótiān: yesterday.
  
Stroke order:

Components: sun; neckline of a garment.
shàng : top / go up, mount /(previous). 上午 shàngwǔ: morning.
  
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xià : down / go down / (next). 下午 xiàwǔ: afternoon.
  
Stroke order:

: (noon)
  
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shí : (time duration)
  
Stroke order:

Components: sun; inch.
hòu : (period / wait)
  
Stroke order:

Components: human; arrow.
néng : to can
  
Stroke order:

Components: private; moon.
lái : to come
  
Stroke order:
: to go
  
Stroke order:

Components: earth; private.
huí : (to return)
  
Stroke order:

Components: enclo­sure; mouth.
kàn : to look, to see
  
Stroke order:

Components: hand; eye.
: to hit
  
Stroke order:

Components: hand (left variant of ).
diàn : electricity
  
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huà : speech
  
Stroke order:

Components: speech; tongue.
jiā : family, home
  
Stroke order:

Components: roof; pig.
le : modal particle indicating that the situation is new (change of situation). See the grammar.
  
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liǎng : number "two" for the time and quantities (see grammar).
  
Stroke order:

Components: human; inverted box.
wèi : Hey ! (telephone greeting)
  
Stroke order:

Components: mouth; field.