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中国字

Chinese Writing System


Objective : 学习目标:
After completing the lesson, 学完本课后,你将能:
you will be able to : 了解和简要说明中国字的起源,
 understand and briefly state Chinese
正体字,繁体字和辨识一些常用
character origins, traditional and
simplified forms, and recognize some 部首以增进中文阅读能力和文化
common radicals in order to improve the 认知。
Chinese reading ability and increase
cultural awareness.
为了达成这个目标,你将:
In order to reach this objective,
you will: a) 学习中国字的起源,形
a) Gain the ideas about 成和练习写中国字的笔
Chinese character origins 顺。
and writing stroke order. b) 比较正体字和繁体字。
b) Compare traditional and c) 了解和辨识常用部首与
simplified forms. 其意义。
c) Identify forms and meanings
of some common radicals.
Chinese writing system
 Six categories
1. 象形 (xiàngxíng) Pictographs
Chinese writing system
2. 指事 (zhǐshì) Self-explanatory characters
Chinese writing system
3. 会意 (huìyì) Associative compounds
Sun moon - bright
日 rì 月 yuè 明 míng
4. 形声 (xíngshēng) Pictophonetic characters
Chinese writing system
5. 转注 (zhuǎnzhù) Mutually explanatory characters
e.g. 老 lǎo 考 kǎo
‘elder’ ‘to test’
6. 假借 (jiǎjiè) Phonetic loan characters
e.g. 来 lái 花 huā
‘to come’ ‘flower/to spend’
中国字的起源和形成
Zhōngguó zì de qǐyuán hé xíngchéng

象形字  xiàngxíng image-form characters 日 (rì) ;月 (yuè) ;



Pictograms 木 (mù)

指事字  zhǐshì zì  point-thing characters 上 (shàng) ;下


Simple ideograms
(xià) ;本 (běn)
会意字   huìyì zì assemble-thought 明 (míng) ;好
Compound ideograms characters
(hǎo) ;林 (lín)
形声字   xíngshēng form–sound 河 (hé) ;江 (jiāng) ;
zì compound characters
Pictophonetic 饭 (fàn)
compounds

转注字   zhuǎnzhù move-focus characters 考 (kǎo) ;老 (lǎo)



Transformed cognates

假借字  jiǎjiè zì  false-borrow characters 我 (wǒ) ;自 (zì)


Phonetic loan
Match the symbol with character. Tell the class what you think it means.

月 (yuè)

水 (shuǐ)

目 (mù)

日 (rì)

山 (shān)

火 (huǒ)

木 (mù)
Chinese basic stroke
 点 ‘ dot’
 横 ‘ horizontal’
 竖‘ vertical’
 撇 ‘ downward left’
 捺 ‘ downward right’
 提 ‘ upward’
 横钩 ‘ horizontal hook’
 竖钩‘ vertical hook’
 斜钩‘ slanted hook’
 横折 ‘ horizontal bend’
 竖折 ‘ vertical bend’
Simple strokes

Diǎn, 点 "Dot" Tiny dash, speck

Héng, 横 "Horizontal" Rightward stroke

Shù, 竖 "Vertical" Downward stroke

Flick up and
Tí, 提 "Rise" rightwards

Falling rightwards
Nà, 捺 "Press down" (fattening at the
bottom)

Falling leftwards
Piě, 撇 "Throw away" (with slight curve)
中国字的笔顺
Zhōngguó zì de bǐshùn

These are some general guidelines for the


stroke order of writing Chinese characters.

From left to right 人


From top to bottom 二
Horizontal before vertical 十
From outside to inside 月
Middle before two sides 小
Left vertical before enclosing 口
Inside before closing 日
Practice writing some characters.
中国字的部首
Zhōngguó zì de bùshǒu

Radical Meaning Character


people
人 你; 他
mouth
口 吗; 叫
woman
女 好; 她
language; speech
言 (讠) 请; 谁; 说
heart
心 (忄) 您; 忙
son
子 字; 学
water
水 (氵) 没; 洗
fire
火 (灬) 烤; 热
sun
日 早; 明
Relate each character with it’s radical. Tell the class the meanings of the characters and radicals.

她 心
他 口
请 子
没 言
早 人
呢 水
学 女
您 日
正體字和簡體字
正体字和简体字
Zhèngtǐ zì hé jiǎntǐ zì

Traditional form Simplified form


你好嗎 ? Nǐ hǎo ma? 你好吗?
謝謝 , 我很好 .Xièxie,wǒ hěnhǎo. 谢谢,我很好。
他是誰 ? Tā shì shéi? 他是谁?
他是王國華 . Tā shì Wáng Guóhuá 他是王国华。
她是老師 . Tā shì lǎoshī. 她是老师。
她不是學生 .Tā búshì xuéshēng. 她不是学生。
很高興認識你 . Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ. 很高兴认识你。
Match the same sentences in column A and column B. Then highlight the simplified characters.

A B
你好嗎 ? 她是老师。
Nǐ hǎo ma?

謝謝 , 我很好 . 很高兴认识你。
Xièxie,wǒ hěnhǎo.

他是誰 ? 你好吗?
Tā shì shéi?

他是王國華 . 他是谁?
Tā shì Wáng Guóhuá

她是老師 . 她不是学生。
Tā shì lǎoshī.

她不是學生 . 谢谢,我很好。
Tā búshì xuéshēng.

很高興認識你 . 他是王国华。
Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.
Task: Tell the class about the Chinese writing system. Please include the origins, writing stroke order,
tradition and simplified forms, and some radicals




學生 学生 言
老師 老师 人
認識 认识 水
高興 高兴

Have we reached our objectives?
 Can you…

a) Talk about Chinese character origins and writing stroke


order?
b) Compare traditional and simplified forms?
c) Identify forms and meanings of some common radicals?

 What do you need to practice more?


Homework
Type one or two characters that you know of each radical.








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