New characters
保 bǎo :
(to protect, to defend)
Stroke order:
Components: 亻 people, 口 mouth, 木 tree
减 jiǎn :
(to decrease / to reduce) / to subtract
Stroke order:
Components: 冫 ice, 厂 cliff, 口 mouth, 戈 halberd
污 wū :
(dirty/filthy/foul/corrupt)
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 亏 deficit
染 rǎn :
to dye/to catch (a disease)/to acquire (bad habits etc)/to contaminate/to add colour washes to a painting
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 九 nine, 木 tree
引 yǐn :
to draw (e.g. a bow)/ to pull / to stretch sth / to extend /to lead
Stroke order:
Components: 弓 bow, 丨 vertical line
之 zhī :
ancient equivalent of the structural particle 的
Stroke order:
Components: 之 is a graphical component.
林 lín :
(woods / forest)
Stroke order:
Components: 木 tree
森 sēn :
(forest)
Stroke order:
Components: 木 tree
留 liú :
to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
Stroke order:
Components: 卯 mortise, 田 field
植 zhí :
to plant
Stroke order:
Components: 木 tree, 直 zhí straight/to straighten (here it is the phonetic component).
湿 shī :
moist/wet
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 日 sun, 业 line of business
润 rùn :
(smooth/moist)
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 门 door, 王 king
温 wēn :
warm/lukewarm/(temperature)/to warm up
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 日 sun, 皿 dish
度 dù :
degree/to pass
Stroke order:
Components: 广 house on cliff, 廿 two hands/twenty, 又 right hand
济 jì :
(to cross a river/to aid or relieve/to be of help)
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 齐 qí (even/uniformly) (here it is the phonetic component).
展 zhǎn :
(to spread out/to open up/to exhibit/exhibition)
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Components: 尸 corpse, 艹 grass, variant of 氏 clan name
具 jù :
(tool/to have)
Stroke order:
Components: 目 eye, 一 one, 八 eight
供 gōng :
(to provide/to supply)
Stroke order:
Components: 亻 human, 共 (phonetic component) gòng common/general
受 shòu :
to receive/to suffer/
Stroke order:
Components: 爫 claw, 冖 cover, 又 right hand
遍 biàn :
(everywhere/all over)/classifier for actions: one time
Stroke order:
Components: 辶 walk, 扁 piān (Polygonum aviculare) is the phonetic component. 户 house, 冂 upside down box, 艹 grass
严 yán :
tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe
Stroke order:
Components: 亚 Asia, 厂 cliff.
免 miǎn :
(to exempt/to remove or dismiss from office/to avoid)
Stroke order:
Components: ⺈ knife (variant of 刀), 口 mouth and two strokes (丨, 乚)
费 fèi :
(to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses)
Stroke order:
Components: 弗 negation, 贝 shell
塑 sù :
(to model (a figure) in clay)
Stroke order:
Components: 丷 eight, 一 one, 屮 sprout, 月 moon, 土 earth
料 liào :
(material/to guess)
Stroke order:
Components: 米 rice, 斗 fight
袋 dài :
Stroke order:
Components: 代 dài is the phonetic component ( 亻 human, 弋 a retrievable arrow attached to a string), 衣 clothes
约 yuē :
to make an appointment
Stroke order:
Components: 纟 silk, 勺 spoon
养 yǎng :
to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)
Stroke order:
Components: 羊 sheep, 八 eight
增 zēng :
Stroke order:
Components: 土 earth, 曾 zēng (great-grand (father, child etc)) is the phonetic component, 丷 eight, 口 mouth, 丨 line, 丷 eight, 日 sun
活 huó :
to live
Stroke order:
Components: 氵 water, 舌 tongue
社 shè :
(society/group/club)
Stroke order:
Components: 礻 sacred, 土 earth
购 gòu :
(to buy)
Stroke order:
Components: 贝 shell, 勾 gōu (hook) is the phonetic component, 勹 wrap, 厶 private