Unit 8: 七 八 知 道 为 它 女 要 金 钱

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 8 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin:

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

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

Meaning: "seven"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 十七
  • 七十
  • 七个人

Pinyin:

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

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "eight"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 八十八
  • 十八个
  • 第八名

Pinyin: zhī

Structure: The left side is the arrow component 矢 , and the right side is 口.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "to know"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 知识
  • 知道
  • 不知道

Pinyin: dào

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

Stroke Order: Inside then outside, top to bottom.

Meaning: "the way"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 知道
  • 道路
  • 道理

Pinyin: wèi

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, dots first and last.

Meaning: "for; to"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 为了
  • 因为
  • 为什么

Pinyin:

Structure: That's a 宀 (roof) on top, with a 匕 (dagger) underneath.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "it"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 它们
  • 它山之石
  • 别无它法

Pinyin:

Structure: Represents the woman or female, often used as a component in other characters.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom first, left to right stroke last. This one feels like an exception.

Meaning: "female"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 女人
  • 女儿
  • 子女

Pinyin: yào

Structure: The top part is a compressed 西 and the bottom part is the 女 woman component.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "to want"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 要钱
  • 不要
  • 要不要

Pinyin: jīn

Structure: Frequently appears as a component in other characters, often on the side as 钅.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "gold; metal"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 金子
  • 金鱼
  • 美金

Pinyin: qián

Structure: The left side is the gold component 钅 , and the right side is 戋.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "money"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 金钱
  • 有钱人
  • 多少钱

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