Learning decomposition of the Chinese characters form the
Chinese character stable perception habits and its immediate cognition in other
contexts.
Moreover, the Chinese language teacher will be saved from
inventing different kind of associations of the Chinese character with its
meaning.
The easiest way to learn complicated Chinese characters with
abstract meanings is analysis of such characters from the point of view of its
decomposition - learning all components and radicals with all their readings
and meanings.
The Chinese character decomposition and analysis requires knowing
of radicals. The Chinese radicals are learnt at the introductory lessons once
and forever. It is like the alphabet which is learnt only once.
Evaluation and recognition of the Chinese character from the
point of view of its structural analysis and decomposition creates stable
writing habits and immediate perception of the Chinese character in different
contexts.
The example of the Chinese character decomposition - the decomposition
of the Chinese character 意 yì “meaning”:
音 yīn sound
立 lì stand
亠 tóu lid
丶 zhǔ dot
一 yī one
丷 bā eight
一 yī one
曰 yuē say
冂 jiōng down box
二 èr two
心 xīn heart
丿 piě slash
乚 yǐ second
丶 zhǔ dot
丶 zhǔ dot
音立亠丶一丷一曰冂二 心丿乚丶丶
