Unit 9: 父 子 时 候 年 文 母 每 玉 国

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 9 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: fù

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom, left to right.

Meaning: "father"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 父母
  • 父女
  • 父子

Pinyin: zǐ

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom, ending with the horizontal stroke.

Meaning: "son"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 王子
  • 太子
  • 男子

Pinyin: shí

Structure: ⿰ The left side is the sun component 日 , and the right side is 寸.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "time; when"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 时间
  • 时候
  • 小时

Pinyin: hòu

Structure: ⿰ The only easily recognizable part is the person component 亻, but you should be able to see that the right half goes top to bottom.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom.

Meaning: "[part of “when”]"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 时候
  • 问候
  • 等候

Pinyin: nián

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "year"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 今年
  • 每年
  • 去年

Pinyin: wén

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

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "text, culture"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 文学
  • 中文
  • 英文

Pinyin: mǔ

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "mother"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 母语
  • 父母
  • 母女

Pinyin: měi

Structure: ⿱ Can you see the 母 inside the other component?

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "every"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 每天
  • 每个人
  • 每个星期

Pinyin: yù

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom, final dot last.

Meaning: "jade"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 玉石
  • 美玉
  • 玉米

Pinyin: guó

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

Stroke Order: Write the outside of the box, then the inside, then close the box.

Meaning: "country"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 国家
  • 国门
  • 美国

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