Unit 3: 四 五 去 来 吧 哪 了 门 问 们

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 3 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: sì

Structure: ⿴ This character is fully enclosed by the "box" component 囗, with something like 儿 inside.

Stroke Order: First the left, top, and right sides of the box. Then inside the box, then close the box on the bottom.

Meaning: "four"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 十四
  • 四十
  • 星期四

Pinyin: wǔ

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "five"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 五个人
  • 星期五
  • 五十万

Pinyin: qù

Structure: ⿱ That's a 土 (earth) on top, with a 厶 component underneath.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "to go (to)"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 去年
  • 回去
  • 下去

Pinyin: lái

Structure: Can appear as part of other characters. Not usually broken down to simpler components.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom, but note that the big vertical stroke does not come first.

Meaning: "to come"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 来了
  • 不来
  • 来不来

Pinyin: ba

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 巴.

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "[question particle]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 好吧
  • 走吧
  • 吃吧

Pinyin: nǎ

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the mouth component 口, and the right side is 那.

Stroke Order: Left to right, each component one by one.

Meaning: "which"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 哪个
  • 哪里
  • 哪儿

Pinyin: le

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "[aspect particle]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 去了
  • 吃了
  • 会了

Pinyin: mén

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

Stroke Order: Similar to drawing the top parts of the "box" component, but the "dot" in the top left corner comes first.

Meaning: "gate, door"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 大门
  • 木门
  • 门外

NOTE: 门 will often display strangely in electronic text. It is merely a font display issue.

Pinyin: wèn

Structure: ⿵ The gate component "门" surrounds the mouth component "口" inside.

Stroke Order: First write the "gate" component, then the part inside.

Meaning: "to ask"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 请问
  • 问候
  • 问好

Pinyin: men

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the person component 亻, and the right side is 门 (gate).

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "[plural marker]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 我们
  • 你们
  • 她们

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