二级汉字 No.255 - 277 🌱部首 🍃部件 🌿词根 (Part 9)

Chinese radicals are indexing components. They usually serve as the main semantic components of characters. In this video, I will show you some exceptions to this rule. I will also introduce some higher-level words composed of entry-level characters.

部件 🍃 Components

已(1),声(1),段(1),或(2),空(2),成(3),自(4),斤(8),占(10),己(10)

• 9 HSK Characters have the component 斤: 听所近斤折析欣匠祈.
• 4 HSK Characters have the component 成: 成城盛诚.
• 3 HSK Characters have the component 或: 或惑域.
• 3 HSK Characters have the component 空: 空控腔.
• 11 HSK Characters have the component 占: 点,站,店,占,战,贴,钻,粘 ,沾,帖,黏.
• 2 HSK Characters have the component 段: 段,锻.
• 2 HSK Characters have the component 声: 声,馨.
• 5 HSK Characters have the component 自: 息,自,夏,咱,鼻.
• 11 HSK Characters have the component 己: 起,记,包,己,改,纪,配,异,岂,忌,巷.
• 2 HSK Characters have the component 已: 异,已.

部首 🌱 Chinese Radicals

门,户,斤,戈,疒,衣,革,穴,卜,殳,矢,见,卩,舌,自,己,冫,方,瓦

1. The radical 门 is commonly known as 门字框(mén zì kuàng). Characters with the semantic component 门 are all related to door or gate.
   📘 The Oracle Bone Script of the character 门 depicts a double leaf door.
2. Characters with the semantic component 户 are all related to door or house.
   📘 The Oracle Bone Script of the character 户 depicts a single leaf door.
3. The radical 斤 is commonly known as 斤字旁(Jīn Zì Páng). Characters with the semantic component 斤 are all related to axe.
   📘 The Oracle Bone Script of 斤 depicts an axe for chopping wood.
4. Characters with the semantic component 戈 are all related to the meaning such as weapon, fight, or war.
   📘 The oracle bone scrip of 戈 resembles an ancient weapon, a dagger-axe which was in use from Shang dynasty(1600-1046 B.C.) until Han dynasty(202 BC–220 AD) in China.
5. The radical "疒" is commonly known as 病字框(bìng zì kuàng). Characters with the semantic component 疒 are all related to disease, illness or sickness.
   📘 The oracle bone scrip of 疒 resembles a sick person lying in bed.
6. The radical 衣 is commonly known as 衣字旁(Yī zì páng). When used as a left-side radical, 衣 is written as 衤. Characters with the semantic component 衣 are all related to clothing or fabric.
   📘 "衣" is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script resembles a traditional Chinese upper garment with overlapping fronts.
7. Characters with the semantic component 革 are all related to leather.
   📘 革 is a pictograph character. Its original script resembles a peeled animal skin, meaning leather.
8. The radical 穴 is commonly known as 穴宝盖(xué bǎo gài). Characters with the semantic component 穴 are all related to cave.
   📘 穴 is a pictograph character. Its original script resembles a cave where the ancients lived.
9. Characters with the semantic component 卜 are all related to divination and hexagram.
   📘 In oracle bone scrip, 卜 resembles the cracks that appear after a tortoise shell is burned. It is a simple form of an omen of divination.
10. Characters with the semantic component 殳 are all related to the meaning such as weapon, throwing or striking actions.
    📘 In oracle bone scrip, 殳 resembles a hand holding a round-headed weapon. The original meaning of 殳 is to throw.
11. Characters with the semantic component 矢 are all related to the meaning such as arrow, length, straight or short.
    📘 The Oracle Bone Script of 矢 depicts an arrow.
12. The radical 见 is commonly known as 见字旁 (Jiàn Zì Páng). Characters with the semantic component 见 are all related to the action of seeing.
    📘 The Oracle Bone Script of 见 depicts a person with a big eye, which means seeing.
13. Characters with the semantic component 卩 are all related to the movements of the human legs.
    📘 卩 is the same as 节 in ancient times. 卩 is a pictograph character. The oracle bone script of 卩 resembles a kneeling man.
14. Characters with the semantic component 舌 are all related to the meaning of tongue or what one says.
    📘 In oracle bone script, 舌 resembles the action of tongue licking.
15. Characters with the semantic component 自 are all related to nose.
    📘 The oracle bone script of 自 depicts a human nose.
16. Characters with the semantic component 己 are all related to the meaning of restraint, recognition. Chinese characters containing "已" are also classified under the radical "己". They are mostly related to the meaning of stop, end.
    📘 Both 己 and 已 are pictograph characters. 己 resembles a silk rope braided together. 巳 resembles a head-down fetus, which means that the pregnancy process is about to end and a baby will be born.
17. The radical 冫 is commonly known as "两点水" (liǎng diǎn shuǐ). Characters with the semantic component 冫 indicate things related to low temperatures or ice. 冫 is mostly placed on the left side of a character.
    📘 In ancient Chinese, 冫 is the same as the character 冰 /bīng/ which means "ice".
18. Characters with the semantic component 方 are all related to the meaning of side by side, square. Chinese characters containing "yǎn" 㫃 (flying flags) are also classified under the radical "方". They are mostly related to flags.
    📘 The oracle bone script of 方 resembles two parallel boats. The ancient character "yǎn" 㫃 resembles a flying flag. Some Chinese characters use "㫃" as the semantic component, such as: 旗, 族, 旋, 旅, etc.
    ****** “旅”字的甲骨文像众人站在旗下。 The oracle bone script of 旅 depicts two people standing under a flying flag.
19. Characters with the semantic component 瓦 are all related to things made of clay.
    📘 瓦 is a pictograph character. Its original script resembles the interlocking roof tiles.

多音字 🎶 Polyphonic Characters

空 kōng/kòng
🔸【kòng】leisure
🔸【kōng】empty 🔸sky ……

词根 🌿 Word Roots: 词 | 例句

1. 【闻】耳闻为虚，眼见为实。 What you hear about may be false; what you see is true.
2. 【闻】你闻闻这朵花。多香呀! Just smell this flower. Isn't it sweet!
3. 【所以】他没听懂，所以老师又讲了一遍。 He didn't understand, so the teacher explained it again.
4. 【成】他们上大学时成了朋友。 They became friends when they were at college.
5. 【或者】你可以选一个红苹果或者青苹果。 You can choose a red apple or a green one.
6. 【装】他把衣服装进了行李箱。 He packed his clothes into the suitcase.
7. 【有空儿】有空儿去喝杯咖啡吗？ Are you free for a cup of coffee?
8. 【占】那只猫占了我的座位。 The cat took my seat.
9. 【来自】他来自西部高原。 He comes from the western plateau.
10. 【自己】“加油，”她对自己说。 "Come on," she said to herself.
11. 【已经】他已经走了。 He has already gone.
12. 【瓶】这是我们最后的一瓶水了。 This is our last bottle of water.

Now, we have learned 23 HSK level 2 characters. 47 level 2 words and 104 higher-level words. Understanding Chinese radicals, components and word roots can help you effectively accumulate vocabulary.