CHINESE CHARACTER TERMS 汉字术语
▼部首bùshǒu radicals
In Chinese dictionaries, the characters are arranged according to the different category of components. These components are called 部首 or radicals. [口部]kǒubù the radical mouth 喝 唱 叫 吃 喊 听 [人部]rénbùthe radical person从 众 个 合 会
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▼会意字huìyìzì
结构顺序规则：STRUCTURAL ORDER
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▼汉字结构hànzìjiégòu
Character structure
Three principal types： Left-right structure 明 林 好 Top-bottom structure 男 尘 尖 Inside-outside structure 回 国 园
常用汉字部首
THE MOST COMMON CHINESE RADICALS
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▼笔画 bǐhuà strokes
Although there are many Chinese characters, there are only about 20 kinds of strokes used to from them. Among these however, it is only necessary to learn the eight most important strokes and view the others as their variants.
We will learn these eight basic 笔画。
1、横（héng）horizontal stroke 2、竖（shù）vertical stroke 3、撇（piě）leftfalling stroke 4、点（diǎn）dot stroke 5、折（zhé）breaks stroke 6、捺（nà）rightfalling stroke 7、提（tí）rising stroke 8、钩（gōu) hook stroke
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▼独体字dútǐzì
one-component characters
Have only one basic part and can’t be subdivided,
e.g. 人，木，日，月.
There are two kinds: pictograms and indicative characters.
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▼象形字xiàngxíngzì
pictograms Represent in stylized form the objects they refer to.A great part of the one-component characters are pictograms.
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▼笔顺bǐshùn stroke order
In writing Chinese characters, one should follow a certain order of the strokes, some strokes precede others。
The parts which form the combined characters are called components. The components are either one-component characters themselves or symbols derived from them. Some components show meaning; others indicate sound.
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▼笔顺规则 bǐshùn guīzé
rules of stroke order
In writing a one-component character, certain strokes should precede others; in writing compound-component character, one should follow the structural order.
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笔画数 ▼
bǐhuàshù stroke numbers
It is the total number of strokes that compose a Chinese ,e.g. 大 has three strokes. This is basic knowledge necessary for consulting a dictionary.
combined characters Characters composed of two or more parts are called combined charactersE CHARACTER TERMS 汉字术语
▼偏旁piānpáng components
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▼指事字zhǐshìzì
indicative characters
Strokes can be combined to show an abstract meaning.
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▼合体字hétǐzì