Hey, did you know that more than 80% of Chinese characters
are comprised of semantic and phonetic parts?
Which means that if you know the meanings
or the sounds of these parts,
it will be easier for you to recognize
and memorize new Chinese characters!
OK, Now let’s get started!
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The first one is
手（扌）shǒu
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “hand”
For example,
拳 quán
猜拳 cāiquán
指 zhǐ
手指 shǒuzhǐ
抓 zhuā
抓癢 zhuāyǎng
The second semantic component is
目 mù
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “eye”
For example,
看 kàn
看書 kànshū
眼 yǎn
眼鏡 yǎnjìng
眨 zhǎ
一眨眼 yì zhǎ yǎn
The first one is
手（扌）shǒu
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “hand”
For example,
拳 quán
猜拳 cāiquán
指 zhǐ
手指 shǒuzhǐ
抓 zhuā
抓痒 zhuāyǎng
The second semantic component is
目 mù
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “eye”
For example,
看 kàn
看书 kànshū
眼 yǎn
眼镜 yǎnjìng
眨 zhǎ
一眨眼 yì zhǎ yǎn
The first one is
巠 jīng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “jīng”
經 jīng
經驗 jīngyàn
徑 jìng
捷徑 jiéjìng
輕 qīng
輕鬆 qīngsōng
The second one is
岡 gāng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “gāng”
For example,
剛 gāng
剛才 gāngcái
鋼 gāng
鋼琴 gāngqín
綱 gāng
大綱 dàgāng
The first one is
jīng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “jīng”
经 jīng
经验 jīngyàn
径 jìng
捷径 jiéjìng
轻 qīng
轻松 qīngsōng
The second one is
冈 gāng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “gāng”
For example,
刚 gāng
刚才 gāngcái
钢 gāng
钢琴 gāngqín
纲 gāng
大纲 dàgāng