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pipo
Posted on: Making a Dinner Reservation - Part 2
May 10, 2012, 04:57 PMAnother useful tool is the radicals plus the strokes that you can find on http://www.mdbg.net. The radical is the main element in a character, it gives you a direction. You see the radical in the box. The meaning of the character can be totally different. There are a little over 200 radicals.
Just try to remember some radicals and memorising the characters will become much easier.
什 shén here the radical is on the left side and means
| rén = man |
on the right side of the character you see
4画 this means total of 4strokes
| 人亻 this is the radical |
The full character is the radical plus 2 strokes。 Other characters with the ren radical
你 （nǐ＝ you＋ 5 strokes
他 （tā ＝ he） ＋ 3 strokes
们 （men ＝ indicates plural）＋ 3 strokes
Posted on: Making a Dinner Reservation - Part 2
May 10, 2012, 04:10 PMI find skritter too time consuming and prefer to use http://www.mdbg.net
you can either write the english or write chinese/ copy in
1。on the leftside you see translate choose this
2。 put the character ( 两 = liang）in the empty box, push chinese－english。 then you get the translator, go down and you see in green liǎng, push and it will extend further. You will see a pencil, select that and it will show how to write a character. in one box you can add the whole vocabulary of one lesson. (from the pdf)
This is a wonderful website. there is also a possibiltiy to search combinations with the asterix
c:*两*
两者 liǎngzhě both sides； 两句 liǎngjù （say) a few words
check it out！
Posted on: Making a Dinner Reservation - Part 2
May 10, 2012, 04:58 PMDifferent radical, good example
讠
yán =speech
说 (shuō = speak)＋ 7 strokes
话 （huà ＝ languague）讠 + 6
语 （yǔ =language, words) 讠+ 7
汉语 （hànyǔ = chinese (han) language
请 (qǐng - ask, request) 讠 + 8