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!
The first one is
口 kǒu (ㄎㄡˇ)
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “mouth”
For example,
吃 chī (ㄔ)
吃飯 chī fàn (ㄔ ㄈㄢˋ)
喝 hē (ㄏㄜ)
喝水 hē shuǐ (ㄏㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ)
唱 chàng (ㄔㄤˋ)
唱歌 chàng gē (ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄜ)
Also a lot of interjections or sentence-final particles in Chinese
have this 口 component,
like 啊、吧、嗎、哇、咦 etc
If you want to learn them,
you can check out these videos,
I’ve put their links in the description below
OK, let’s move on to the second semantic component:
足 zú (ㄗㄨˊ)
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “foot”
When it shows up alone, it looks like this
But when it’s used as a component to combine with another component,
it is written like this:
Let’s see some examples:
跑 pǎo (ㄆㄠˇ)
慢跑 mànpǎo (ㄇㄢˋ ㄆㄠˇ)
跳 tiào (ㄊㄧㄠˋ)
跳舞 tiào wǔ (ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄨˇ)
踢 tī (ㄊㄧ)
踢足球 tī zúqiú (ㄊㄧ ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)
The first one is
口 kǒu
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “mouth”
For example,
吃 chī
吃饭 chī fàn
喝 hē
喝水 hē shuǐ
唱 chàng
唱歌 chàng gē
Also a lot of interjections or sentence-final particles in Chinese
has this 口 component,
like 啊、吧、吗、哇、咦 etc
If you want to learn them,
you can check out these videos,
I’ve put their links in the description below
OK, let’s move on to the second semantic component:
足 zú
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “foot”
When it shows up alone, it looks like this
But when it’s used as a component to combine with another component,
it is written like this:
Let’s see some examples:
跑 pǎo
慢跑 mànpǎo
跳 tiào
跳舞 tiào wǔ
踢 tī
踢足球 tī zúqiú
The first one is
付 fù (ㄈㄨˋ)
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound “fù”
For example,
附 fù (ㄈㄨˋ)
附近 fùjìn (ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ)
符 fú (ㄈㄨˊ)
符號 fúhào (ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ)
府 fǔ (ㄈㄨˇ)
政府 zhèngfǔ (ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ)
The second one is
畐 fú (ㄈㄨˊ)
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “fú”
For example,
福 fú (ㄈㄨˊ)
幸福 xìngfú (ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨˊ)
富 fù (ㄈㄨˋ)
豐富 fēngfù (ㄈㄥ ㄈㄨˋ)
副 fù (ㄈㄨˋ)
副教授 fùjiàoshòu (ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˋ)
一副眼鏡 yí fù yǎnjìng (ㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ)
The first one is
付 fù
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “fù”
For example,
附 fù
附近 fùjìn
符 fú
符号 fúhào
府 fǔ
政府 zhèngfǔ
The second one is
畐 fú
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “fú”
For example,
福 fú
幸福 xìngfú
富 fù
丰富 fēngfù
副 fù
副教授 fùjiàoshòu
一副眼镜 yí fù yǎnjìng