Unit 1: 一 二 三 人 个 你 我 也 很 好

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 1 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: yī
(Note: this pinyin is subject to tone changes.

Structure: Frequently appears as part of other characters.

Stroke Order: left to right

Meaning: "one"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 一个
  • 一个人
  • 一起
  • 星期一

Pinyin: èr

Structure: ⿱ Frequently appears as part of other characters.

Stroke Order: top to bottom for each part, left to right for each stroke

Meaning: "two"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 二十二
  • 二月
  • 星期二

Pinyin: sān

Structure: ⿳ Frequently appears as part of other characters.

Stroke Order: top to bottom for each part, left to right for each stroke

Meaning: "three"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 三百三十三
  • 三月
  • 星期三

Pinyin: rén

Structure: Frequently appears as part of other characters, often as 亻.

Stroke Order: top to bottom, left stroke then right stroke

Meaning: "person"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 一个人
  • 大人
  • 人人

Pinyin: gè
(Note: this is sometimes read in the neutral tone.)

Structure: ⿱ That's a 人 on top, vertical line underneath.

Stroke Order: top to bottom for each part, top to bottom for each stroke

Meaning: [measure word]

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 一个
  • 两个
  • 三个
  • 一个人

Pinyin: nǐ

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the person component 亻, and the right side has two parts in the structure ⿱.

Stroke Order: left side, then top part of right side, then bottom part of right side.

Meaning: "you"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 你好
  • 你们
  • 你的

Pinyin: wǒ

Structure: ⿰ Not an easy structure to understand or learn as a beginner! The two sides are connected via the horizontal stroke in the center.

Stroke Order: left side, then right side.

Meaning: "I, me"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 我们
  • 你的

Pinyin: yě

Structure: It appears as a component in some other characters, looking exactly like this.

Stroke Order: This one you just have to memorize.

Meaning: "also"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 我也是
  • 你也是
  • 我也很好

Pinyin: hěn

Structure: ⿰ The left part is the "double person" component 彳.

Stroke Order: left side, then right side.

Meaning: "very"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 很好
  • 很大
  • 很小

Pinyin: hǎo

Structure: ⿰ The left part 女 means "woman." The right part 子 means "child."

Stroke Order: left side, then right side.

Meaning: "good"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 你好
  • 很好
  • 好人

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