Unit 2: 他 她 不 这 那 儿 口 吗 土 在

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 2 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin:

Structure: The left side is the person component 亻, and the right side is 也.

Stroke Order: Left side, then right side.

Meaning: "he, him"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 他的
  • 他们
  • 我和他

Pinyin:

Structure: The left part 女 is the woman component, and the right side is 也.

Stroke Order: Left side, then right side.

Meaning: "she, her"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 她的
  • 她们
  • 你和她

Pinyin:

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "not"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 不是
  • 不好
  • 不会

Pinyin: zhè

Structure: The bottom part is the 辶 component, and the top right is the component 文.

Stroke Order: Inner component (top right) top to bottom, then outer component top to bottom.

Meaning: "this, these"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 这个
  • 这里
  • 这儿

Pinyin:

Structure: The left side is not common. The right side is the ear component 阝.

Stroke Order: Left side, then right side.

Meaning: "that, those"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 那个
  • 那儿
  • 那里

Pinyin: ér

Structure: Frequently appears as part of other characters.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, left stroke first, then right stroke.

Meaning: "son; [-r final]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 儿子
  • 女儿
  • 这儿

Pinyin: kǒu

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

Stroke Order: Left side, then top-to-right, then bottom (left to right).

Meaning: "mouth"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 人口
  • 山口
  • 出口

Pinyin: ma

Structure: The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 马 (horse).

Stroke Order: Left side, then right side top to bottom.

Meaning: "[question particle]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 好吗
  • 在吗
  • 去吗

Pinyin:

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

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

Meaning: "earth; uncool"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 土地
  • 很土
  • 土星

Pinyin: zài

Structure: Can you see the 土 inside the other component?

Stroke Order: Do the outside first, then the inside for this one. First top to bottom, left to right, starting with the horizontal stroke followed by the vertical (diagonal) stroke.

Meaning: "to be located at"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 在吗
  • 不在
  • 在哪里

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