Learn Chinese : writing and components

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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:


西 xī : (west)
  
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西 is a graphical component.
东 dōng : (east)
  
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Components: 小 small.
脑 nǎo : (brain)
  
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Components: 月 moon; 亠 lid; 凵 open box.
视 shì : (vision)
  
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Components: 礻 >sacrifice (left variant of 示); 见 see.
书 shū : book
  
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些 xiē : plural classifier
  
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Components: 止 stop; 匕 spoon; 二 two.
杯 bēi : classifier for glasses and cups
  
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Components: 木 tree; 不 negation, no.
茶 chá : tea, herbal tea
  
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Components: 艹 grass; 人 human being; 小 small.
钱 qián : money
  
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Components: 钅 metal; 一 one + 戈 halberd.
桌 zhuō : (table)
  
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Components: 卜 divination; 日 sun; 木 tree.
椅 yǐ : (chair)
  
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Components: 木 tree; 大 big; 口 mouth.
猫 māo : cat
  
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Components: 犭 beast; 艹 grass; 田 field.
苗 miáo "seedling" is here the phonetic element.
狗 gǒu : dog
  
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Components: 犭 beast; 勹 wrap; 口 mouth.
后 hòu : (behind, after)
  
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Components: 口 mouth.
前 qián : (in front of, before)
  
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Components: 八 eight (inverted); 一 one; 月 moon; 刂 knife.
面 miàn : (side / face / noodle)
  
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Components: 面 is a graphical component.
里 lǐ : in / (old unit of measure about 500 m).
  
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Components: 里 is a graphical component.
衣 yī : (garment)
  
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Components: 衣 is a graphical component.
服 fú : (uniform)
  
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Components: 月 moon; 又 right hand.