Unit 12: 想 坏 听 叫 从 完 比 能 吃 法

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 12 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: xiǎng

Structure: That's a 相 (appearance) on top, with a 心 (heart) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, left to right.

Meaning: "to think"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 想法
  • 不想
  • 回想

Pinyin: huài

Structure: The left side is the earth component 土 , and the right side is 不.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "bad"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 坏了
  • 坏人
  • 坏事

Pinyin: tīng

Structure: The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 斤.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to listen (to)"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 听话
  • 听说
  • 听我说

Pinyin: jiào

Structure: The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 丩.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to be called"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 大叫
  • 叫外卖
  • 叫什么

Pinyin: cóng

Structure: The left side is the person component 人, and the right side is also the character 人 .

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "from"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 从来
  • 从前
  • 自从

Pinyin: wán

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "to finish"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 吃完
  • 喝完
  • 看完

Pinyin:

Structure: The left and right sides are both variations of the component 匕. (Compare how the two sides differ!)

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "to compare"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 对比
  • 比一比
  • 比一下

Pinyin: néng

Structure: The left and right halves are both split into top-bottom parts. Notice 月 at bottom left.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom for each half.

Meaning: "can; able to"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 能力
  • 不能
  • 能不能

Pinyin: chī

Structure: The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 乞.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to eat"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 吃饭
  • 好吃
  • 吃不吃

Pinyin:

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

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "law; way of doing"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 想法
  • 方法
  • 法语

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