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 什 shén ‘what’ and you will see how simple it is for memorizing!

Decomposition of the Chinese character 什 shén ‘what’     

亻 rén man
十 shí ten
一 yī one
丨 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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