Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Learn interesting Chinese characters 门men2 们men 闪shan3- Chinese symbols

We will learn 3 charcaters today, 门,们,闪。They all get a same radical which is 门,门 means door. Please look at the ancient character which looks like two doors.


oracle door men2
oracle door men2


Some words with
         门口(ménkǒu doorway
         门上(ménshanɡ) on the door
         开门(kāimén open the door

= + 门, is meaning part, is sound part. is used to make Plural for People.
Like:
         人们(rénmen     people
         男人们(nánrénmenmen
         女人们(nǚrénmenwomen

= + 门,but they composed in different way with , the person is in the door. It seems a people is flashing in front of you at the door. So it means flash.
Like:
         闪电(shǎndiàn lightning
         闪光灯(shǎnɡuānɡdēnɡ)flashlight

The order of the characters


writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-men2 door
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-men2 door

writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-men-plural
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-men-plural

writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-shan3-flash
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-shan3-flash


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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Learn interesting Chinese characters 上shang, 中zhong, 下xia- Chinese symbols



Let’s talk about 上(shang4), 中(zhong1) and 下(xia4) today.
上(shang4) means up or go up. Please look at the ancient oracle bone characters first, which was created over 3000 years ago, the original form of Chinese characters. Doesn’t it look like a mark to show up?
oracle bone shang4
oracle bone shang4

It is just an up arrow like the one we use now. arrow up
So you got the idea.
In the same way, you will know the other two characters 中(zhong1, which means middle center) and 下(xia4, which means down or go down)

oracle bone character for Down xia4
oracle bone character for Down xia4

oracle bone character for middle zhong1
oracle bone character for middle zhong1

Some examples for Character 上(shang4)
上山(shànɡshān)Go up a mountain
上午(shànɡwǔ)morning
上车(shànɡchē)Get on a vehicle
Some examples for Character 中(zhong1)
中国(zhōnɡɡuó)China
中文(zhōnɡwén)Chinese,Mandarin
中心(zhōnɡxīn)center
The writing order of the 3 characters.

writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-shang4
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-shang4

writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-zhong1
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-zhong1

writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-xia4
writing-order-chinese-character-symbol-xia4