Enjoy Learning Chinese Characters
Description
The authors of this book have conducted extensive research on Chinese lexicology, etymology, phonology and grammar, and now share their expertise with Chinese language learners.
Learning Chinese characters takes more time and effort for those whose native language uses alphabetic writing systems.
The authors solved this problem by reinterpreting some of Chinese characters in their own imaginative ways.
his extends readers’ horizons and helps them to make sense of the structures of Chinese characters through the use of interesting stories and fascinating cartoons.
The characters in this book are organized around topics such as people, life, nature, etc. for the sake of easy recollection.
The book helps learners to build their Chinese character and vocabulary base by grouping relevant characters and their associated words and phrases
in a family in a systematic way. This book is an indispensable aid for people who want to master basic and commonly used Chinese characters and vocabulary
within a short time. It is also a very useful reference book for Chinese language teachers."
Table of Contents:
Introduction 06
User Guide 08
People 12
Human body 14
Head | ?1, 京2, 高3, 亥4, 亡5, ?6, 首7, ?8, 而9
Face | 面10, 目11, 直12, ?13, 艮14, 良15, 口16, 可17, 奇18, 古19, ?20, 音21, 言22, 欠23, 舌24, 牙25, 自26
Body | 身27 心28 骨29 ?30
Hand | 手31, 才32, 爪33, 又34, 史35, ?36, 聿37, ?38, ?39, 寸40, 付41, 寺42, ?43, 其44, ?45, ?46, 包47, ?48, 勿49, ?50, 支51
Foot | 足52, 止53, 正54, 疋55, ?56, 各57, 舛58, ?59, ?60, ?61, ?62
Person 151
人 | 人63, ?64, ?65, 今66, ?67, ?68, ?69, ?70, ?71, 兄72, 元73
大 | 大74, ?75, ?76, 央77, 夭78, 立79, ?80
Shape of a person | ?81, 己82, 乙83, 也84, ?85, 令86, ?87, 匕88, 旨89, 尸90, 尺91
Title 221
Inherited | 巳92, ?93, 去94, 子95, 女96, 母97, 父98, 氏99, ?100, 者101, ?102
Social | 辛103, 士104, 壬105, 臣106, ?107, 王108
Life 256
War 258
Weapons | 弓109, ?110, 矢111, 至112, 戈113, 戊114, ?115, 矛116, ?117, 斤118, 刀119, 召120, 干121, 平122, ?123
Transportation | ?124, 舟125
Ceremonies | 示126, 卜127, 卓128, 兆129
Necessities of life 305
Clothes | 衣130, 巾131, ?132, 文133, 白134, ?135, ?136
Food | 食137, 米138, 禾139, 豆140
Shelter | ?141, 穴142, ?143, ?144, ?145, 互146, ?147, ?148, ?149, 向150, 里151
Agriculture 356
Land | 土152, 圭153, 田154, ?155, 由156, 申157, 火158
Tools | 力159, 方160, ?161
Containers | 酉162, ?163, 斗164, ?165, 用166, ?167, ?168, ?169, 西170
Nature 396
Animals 398
Land animals | 羊171, 犬172, ?173, 豕174, 牛175, ?176
Other animals | ?177, ?178, 只179, ?180, 非181, 羽182, ?183, ?184, ?185, ?186, 辰187
Animal by-products | 毛188, 皮189, ?190, 角191, 肉192, 阜193, ?194
Natural scenery 438
山195, 谷196, 石197, 玉198, 金199, 工200, 水201, ?202, ?203, ?204, 雨205, ?206, ?207, 生208, ?209, 木210, ?211, 林212, ?213, ?214, 片215, 竹216, ?217
Heavenly bodies 484
日218, ?219, 昔220, 月221, 夕222
Miscellaneous 496
一223, 且224, 丁225, 二226, 云227, 井228, 八229, 九230, 十231, ?232, ?233, ?234, 小235
A concluding remark 525
Hanyu Pin’yin index 528
Index of Base Characters 535