Unit 11: 手 会 用 书 写 左 右 名 汉 字

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 11 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: shǒu

Structure: Represents a hand, frequently appears as part of other characters, often as 扌.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom. Note that the first three strokes are not all left to right (it's not 三) and that the vertical stroke is last.

Meaning: "hand"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 左手
  • 右手
  • 手上

Pinyin: huì

Structure: That's a 人 (person) on top, with a 云 (cloud) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, left to right.

Meaning: "will; to know how to"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 开会
  • 不会
  • 会不会

Pinyin: yòng

Structure: Can appear as part of other characters. Can't be broken down to simpler components.

Stroke Order: Outside first then inside, top to bottom (vertical stroke last).

Meaning: "to use"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 好用
  • 作用
  • 用力

Pinyin: shū

Structure: Can appear as part of other characters. Can't be broken down to simpler components.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom, with the vertical stroke second to last and the top right "dot" last.

Meaning: "book"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 书本
  • 书包
  • 看书

Pinyin: xiě

Structure: That's a 冖 (cover) on top, with 与 (with) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "to write"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 写字
  • 手写
  • 听写

Pinyin: zuǒ

Structure: The top part is the 𠂇 component, and the bottom right is the component 工.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "left"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 左面
  • 左手
  • 左右

Pinyin: yòu

Structure: The top part is the 𠂇 component, and the bottom right is the component 口.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "right"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 右面
  • 右手
  • 右耳

Pinyin: míng

Structure: That's a 夕 (evening) on top, with a 口 (mouth) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "name"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 名字
  • 人名
  • 地名

Pinyin: hàn

Structure: The left side is the water component 氵 , and the right side is 又.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "Chinese"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 汉字
  • 汉语
  • 汉人

Pinyin:

Structure: That's a 宀 (roof) on top, with a 子 (child) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "character"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 写字
  • 文字
  • 字体

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