Unit 5: 又 今 昨 明 没 是 几 回 山 出

Below are the character stroke orders for Unit 5 of AllSet Learning's book, Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. There are a total of 20 units.

Pinyin: yòu

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

Stroke Order:Top to bottom, left to right.

Meaning: "(once) again"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 又来了
  • 又去了
  • 又吃了

Pinyin: jīn

Structure: The top part is actually 人 (person), with a few other strokes below.

Stroke Order: Top to bottom.

Meaning: "today"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 今天
  • 今年
  • 今晚

Pinyin: zuó

Structure: The left side is the day component 日, and the right side is 乍.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom on the right side.

Meaning: "yesterday"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 昨天
  • 昨日
  • 昨晚

Pinyin: míng

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

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "tomorrow"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 明天
  • 明星
  • 明白

Pinyin: méi

Structure: The left side is the water component 氵 , and the right side is 殳.

Stroke Order: Left to right, top to bottom on the right side.

Meaning: "to not have"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 没有
  • 没人
  • 没钱

Pinyin: shì

Structure: That's a 日 (sun) on top, with a 正 (correct) underneath.

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "to be, is, are"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 是吗
  • 不是
  • 是不是

Pinyin:

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

Stroke Order: Left to right.

Meaning: "how much"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 几点
  • 几个人
  • 几十个

Pinyin: huí

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

Stroke Order: Outside, then inside, then close the box.

Meaning: "to return"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 回家
  • 回去
  • 回来

Pinyin: shān

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

Stroke Order: Generally top to bottom.

Meaning: "mountain"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 上山
  • 山下
  • 山口


Pinyin: chū

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

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

Meaning: "to go out"

Common Words/Phrases:

  • 出门
  • 出去
  • 出来

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