Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Decomposition of the Chinese Radicals. What is It?


Different Chinese language teachers name decomposition of the Chinese radicals in different ways. The synonymic names are: Structural analysis of the Chinese characters, Breakdown of the Chinese characters, etc.

The essence of these terms is the same: analysis. The Chinese language is a very analytical language and the Chinese characters are learned and memorized only by means of analysis. Try to analyze the Chinese character shén ‘what’ and you will see how simple it is for memorizing!

Decomposition of the Chinese character shén ‘what’     

rén man
shí ten
yī one
gǔn line     

亻十一丨

NB. Synonyms: Structural analysis of the Chinese characters, Breakdown of the Chinese characters.

More about Chinese character decomposition please check The Chinese Character Decomposition Guidance



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