The rising wind forebodes the coming storm. 山雨欲来风满楼。Since we have learned characters with the radical rain 雨, how can we miss out characters with the radical wind 风？ Continue reading “Radical wind 风”
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Characters composed of a sentence 离合字
We like to share with you very special characters 离合字, character 1 + character 2 = character 3, for example, 上+下 = 卡. 上下卡 is a sentence, so 卡 is a character composed of a sentence. Such characters are called 离合字. These characters 离合字 have the following characteristics: Continue reading “Characters composed of a sentence 离合字”
Small mouth 口 or big mouth 囗?
There two radicals 口 and 囗 look very similar but they are not the same. The following is the difference between the radical 口 and the radical 囗. Continue reading “Small mouth 口 or big mouth 囗?”
Radical city 阝: on the left or right?
The radical city 阝is derived from the character 邑 yì. 阝is also called 右耳旁in Chinese. What meanings do the characters formed by the radical city 阝have? Continue reading “Radical city 阝: on the left or right?”