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: bǐ
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: fǎ
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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