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!
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OK, now let’s return to today’s lesson:
The first one is
人（亻） rén ㄖㄣˊ
Chinese characters with this component often relate to “people”
坐 zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ
坐 has the meaning of “to sit”,
you can imagine this is
two people sitting on the character 土 which means “soil”
坐車 zuòchē ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄜ
你 nǐ ㄋㄧˇ
你們 nǐmenㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄇㄣ
住 zhù ㄓㄨˋ
入住 rùzhù ㄖㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ
The second semantic component is
女 nǚ ㄋㄩˇ
Chinese characters with this component often *relate to
“female” or “woman”
For example,
媽 mā ㄇㄚ
舅媽 jiùmā ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄚ
Yes, I know,
the titles for family members in Chinese is very complicated.
Don’t worry, even as a native speaker myself,
I often mix them up too
The next one is
妻 qī ㄑㄧ
妻子 qīzi ㄑㄧ ˙ㄗ
安 ān ㄢ
安 this character indicates that a woman is in a house,
and it has the meaning of “calm, safe, peaceful”
安全 ānquán ㄢ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
The first one is
人（亻）rén
坐 zuò
you can imagine this is
two people sitting on the character 土 which means “soil”
坐车 zuòchē
你 nǐ
你们 nǐmen
住 zhù
入住 rùzhù
The second semantic component is
女 nǚ
Chinese characters with this component often *relate to
"female” or “woman”
For example,
妈 mā
舅妈 jiùmā
Yes, I know,
the titles for family members in Chinese is very complicated.
Don’t worry, even as a native speaker myself,
I often mix them up too
The next one is
妻 qī
妻子 qīzi
安 ān
安 this character indicates that a woman is in a house,
and it has the meaning of “calm, safe, peaceful”
安全 ānquán
The first one is
方 fāng ㄈㄤ
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “fāng”
For example,
房 fáng ㄈㄤˊ
房間 fángjiān ㄈㄤˊㄐㄧㄢ
放 fàng ㄈㄤˋ
放鬆 fàngsōng ㄈㄤˋㄙㄨㄥ
防 fáng ㄈㄤˊ
以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī ㄧˇ ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄧ
The second one is
古 ㄍㄨˇ gǔ
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “gǔ”
苦 kǔ ㄎㄨˇ
痛苦 tòngkǔ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨˇ
故 gù ㄍㄨˋ
故事 gùshi ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄕ
估 gū ㄍㄨ
低估 dīgū ㄉㄧ ㄍㄨ
The first one is
方 fāng
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “fāng”
For example,
房 fáng
房间 fángjiān
放 fàng
放松 fàngsōng
防 fáng
以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
The second one is
古 gǔ
Chinese characters with this component usually have a sound
that is similar to or the same as the sound: “gǔ”
苦 kǔ
痛苦 tòng kǔ
故 gù
故事 gùshi
估 gū
低估 dīgū