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
水（氵）
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “water”,
but because Chinese characters have developed over thousands of years,
many concepts and our lifestyle have changed,
so you might find it difficult to understand
some characters with this “water” meaning
Let’s see some examples with this component 水（氵）
冰 bīng
冰箱 bīngxiāng
海 hǎi
海邊 hǎibiān
酒 jiǔ
啤酒 píjiǔ
The second semantic component is
火（灬）
Chinese characters with this radical often relate to “fire”
For example,
炒 chǎo
炒蛋 chǎodàn
燒 shāo
發燒 fāshāo
煮 zhǔ
水煮蛋 shuǐzhǔdàn
The first one is
水（氵）
Chinese characters with this part often relate to “water”,
but because Chinese characters have developed over thousands of years,
many concepts and our life styles have been changed,
so you might find it difficult to understand
some characters with this “water” meaning
Let’s see some examples with this component 水（氵）
冰 bīng
冰箱 bīngxiāng
海 hǎi
海边 hǎibiān
酒 jiǔ
啤酒 píjiǔ
The second semantic component is
火（灬）
Chinese characters with this part often relate to “fire”
For example,
炒 chǎo
炒蛋 chǎodàn
烧 shāo
发烧 fāshāo
煮 zhǔ
水煮蛋 shuǐzhǔdàn
The first one is
巴 bā
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “bā”
For example,
爸 bà
爸媽 bàmā
爬 pá
爬山 páshān
疤 bā
結疤 jié bā
The second one is
丁 dīng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “dīng”
訂 dìng
訂位 dìngwèi
盯 dīng
緊迫盯人 jǐn pò dīng rén
頂 dǐng
屋頂 wūdǐng
The first one is
巴 bā
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “bā”
For example,
爸 bà
爸妈 bàmā
爬 pá
爬山 páshān
疤 bā
结疤 jié bā
The second one is
丁 dīng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “dīng”
订 dìng
订位 dìngwèi
盯 dīng
紧迫盯人 jǐn pò dīng rén
顶 dǐng
屋顶 wūdǐng