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: tā
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: tā
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: bù
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: nà
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: tǔ
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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