HSK 1: Traditional characters of lesson 8

Learn Chinese : traditional characters of lesson 8.

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:

東 dōng : (east)

Stroke order:

Components: 木 tree, 日 sun.

腦 nǎo : (brain)

Stroke order:

Components: 月 moon, 巛 river, 囟 fontanel.

視 shì : (vision)

Stroke order:

Components: 礻 sacrifice (left variant of 示), 見 see.

書 shū : book

Stroke order:

Components: 聿 brush, 曰 to speak (the character looks like the sun, but is more flat).

錢 qián : money

Stroke order:

Components: 金 gold/metal, 戈 halberd.

貓 māo : cat

Stroke order:

Components: 豸 mythical animal, 艹 grass, 田 field.
苗 miáo "seedling" is here the phonetic element.

後 hòu : (behind, after)

Stroke order:

Components: 彳 one step with the left foot, 幺 silk, 夂 go.

There are two traditional characters for 里 lǐ "in": 裡 used in Taiwan and 裏 used in Hong Kong. In reality, the two characters are composed of 里 + the component of the garment, 衤 on the left and 衣 split in two, above and below 里. In this course, we will mainly use the Taiwan variant 裡.