Unit 20: 机 觉 万 因 忙 请 南 北 雨 海

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

Pinyin: jī

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the component 木, and the right side is 几.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "machine"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 手机
  • 电话机
  • 电视机

Pinyin: jué

Structure: ⿱ Clear top to bottom structure. Note that 见 is in the bottom part.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "sense"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 觉得
  • 自觉
  • 发觉

Pinyin: wàn

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "ten thousand"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 万能
  • 万里
  • 万一

Pinyin: yīn

Structure: ⿴ This character is fully enclosed by the "box" component 囗. Inside the enclosure is the character 大.

Stroke Order: Outside, then inside, then close the box.

Meaning: "cause"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 因为
  • 主因
  • 内因

Pinyin: máng

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the heart component 忄, and the right side is 亡.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "busy"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 很忙
  • 不忙
  • 大忙人

Pinyin: qǐng

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the speech component 讠, and the right side is 青.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "please"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 请来一下
  • 请听一下
  • 请看一下

Pinyin: nán

Structure: ⿱ Although top-bottom in structure, the bottom part also encloses what is inside. (Note that the inside part is not 羊; it's missing a stroke.)

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, outside to inside in the bottom part.

Meaning: "south"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 南方
  • 南山
  • 海南

Pinyin: běi

Structure: ⿰ The left and right sides of this character are clear, and actually pictorially represent two people sitting back to back.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "north"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 北方
  • 北海
  • 东北

Pinyin: yǔ

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom. For the bottom part, write the enclosing structure, then the vertical stroke, with the four "rain drops" last.

Meaning: "rain"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 下雨
  • 小雨
  • 雨水

Pinyin: hǎi

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the water component 氵, and the right side is 每.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "sea"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 大海
  • 海水
  • 上海

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