Unit 15: 行 给 做 饭 肉 刀 木 果 如 菜

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 15 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: xíng

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the double person component 彳, and the right side is the (rare_ component 亍.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to be acceptable"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 行吗
  • 不行
  • 行不行

Pinyin: gěi

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the silk component 纟, and the right side is 合.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to give"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 给我
  • 不给
  • 给不给

Pinyin: zuò

Structure: ⿲ A clear example of three parts. Note the "person" component 亻 on the left side.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to do; to make"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 做工
  • 做法
  • 做作业

Pinyin: fàn

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the food component 饣, and the right side is 反.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "(cooked) rice"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 吃饭
  • 做饭
  • 饭菜

Pinyin: ròu

Structure: Represents the meat, often used as a component in other characters.

Stroke Order: Outside, then inside (although the inside part does poke out at the top in this case).

Meaning: "meat"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 牛肉
  • 鱼肉
  • 羊肉

Pinyin: dāo

Structure: Represents the knife, often used as a component in other characters.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom

Meaning: "knife"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 刀口
  • 小刀
  • 菜刀

Pinyin: mù

Structure: Represents wood or a tree, often used as a component in other characters.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "tree; wood"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 木头
  • 木耳
  • 木马

Pinyin: guǒ

Structure: Represents fruit, often used as a component in other characters. Note that while it looks like a 田 over a 木 as two separate parts, it's not written that way.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, first 日 then 一 under it, then complete the 木 with the vertical stroke starting at the top.

Meaning: "fruit"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 水果
  • 如果
  • 后果

Pinyin: rú

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the character 女 , and the right side is 口.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "if"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 如果
  • 不如
  • 假如

Pinyin: cài

Structure: ⿱ That's a 艹 (grass) on top, with a 采 (to pick) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "vegetable"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 做菜
  • 生菜
  • 中国菜

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