Unit 17: 自 己 开 关 车 得 公 走 别 话

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 17 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: zì

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "self"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 自己
  • 自行车
  • 自来水

Pinyin: jǐ

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "self"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 自己
  • 知己
  • 先人后己

Pinyin: kāi

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom, left to right.

Meaning: "to open"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 开门
  • 开车
  • 开心

Pinyin: guān

Structure: ⿱ That's a 丷 on top, with a 天 (sky) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "to close"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 关门
  • 关心
  • 开关

Pinyin: chē

Structure: Represents the vehicle or car, often used as a component in other characters.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom. (This doesn't help with the stroke order, but it might help to remember the form as a "二" with the strokes of a "4" mixed in.

Meaning: "car"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 车门
  • 火车
  • 上车

Pinyin: de

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

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "[structural particle]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 做得好
  • 吃得多
  • 喝得少

Pinyin: gōng

Structure: ⿱ That's an 八 (eight) on top, with a 厶 underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "public"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 公关
  • 公牛
  • 外公

Pinyin: zǒu

Structure: ⿱ That's a 土 (earth) on top, with a (slightly modified) 止 (foot) component underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "to walk"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 行走
  • 出走
  • 走开

Pinyin: bié

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the character 另, and the right side is knife component刂.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "do not"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 别说
  • 别看
  • 别听

Pinyin: huà

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the speech component 讠, and the right side is 舌 (tongue).

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "spoken words"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 说话
  • 中国话
  • 上海话

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