Unit 13: 再 见 家 外 面 田 里 男 足 跟

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 13 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: zài

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, generally.

Meaning: "again"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 再见
  • 再来
  • 再去

Pinyin: jiàn

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "to see; to meet"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 见面
  • 听见
  • 看见

Pinyin: jiā

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "home, family"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 回家
  • 大家
  • 家人

Pinyin: wài

Structure: The left side is the evening component 夕, and the right side is 卜.

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "outside"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 门外
  • 外面
  • 外国

Pinyin: miàn

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "face"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 面子
  • 外面
  • 里面

Pinyin: tián

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

Stroke Order: Inside then outside, bottom stroke last.

Meaning: "rice field"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 田地
  • 田里
  • 水田

Pinyin:

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "in, inside"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 哪里
  • 家里
  • 心里

Pinyin: nán

Structure: That's a 田 (field) on top, with a 力 (strength) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "male"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 男人
  • 男生
  • 男友

Pinyin:

Structure: That's a 口 (mouth) on top, with a (modified) 止 (foot) component underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "foot"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 知足
  • 不足
  • 手足

Pinyin: gēn

Structure: The left side is the foot component ⻊, and the right side is 艮.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "with"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 你跟我
  • 跟着我
  • 跟我说

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