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Interesting Chinese characters 手shǒu hand – 左zuǒ left – 右yòu right

We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to hand,

手shǒu hand – 左zuǒ left – 右yòu right

手shǒu means hand.

Please look at the oracle bone character. It looks like a hand.

Some words with手shǒu

• 手工（shǒuɡōnɡ）handwork
• 手球（shǒuqiú）handball
• 手术（shǒushù）surgery

左zuǒ means left. It looks like a hand with a tool. Please have a look at the oracle bone character

Words with左zuǒ

• 左手（zuǒshǒu）left hand
• 左边（zuǒbiān）left side
• 左拐（zuǒɡuǎi）turn left

右yòu means right. It is made of a hand and a mouth. It means the hand related to eating, so it got the meaning Right.

The oracle bone character

Words with右yòu

• 右手（yòushǒu）right hand
• 右边（yòubiān）right side
• 右拐（yòuɡuǎi）turn right

The order of the characters

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Interesting Chinese characters cong3 from - bei3 north - bi3 compare

We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to people,

从cónɡ from - 北běi north - 比bǐ compare

从cónɡ means follow or from in Chinese.

Please look at the oracle bone character. It looks like a person is following another person.

Some words with从cónɡ

•     从小（cónɡxiǎo）from childhood

•     从不（cónɡbù）never

•     从头（cónɡtóu）from the beginning

北běi means north. It looks like two persons back to back, people will feel cold in this situation, and usually facing north is colder than south, so it got the meaning North.

the oracle bone character

Words with北běi

•     北京（běijīnɡ）Beijing

•     北方（běifānɡ）Northern part of

比bǐ means Compare. It looks like two person are racing.

the oracle bone character

 

Words with比bǐ

•     比赛（bǐsài）competition

•     比分（bǐfēn）score

•     比如（bǐrú） for example

The order of the characters

 

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Interesting Chinese characters 云yún cloud – 雨yǔ rain – 雪 xuě snow

We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to nature,

云yún cloud – 雨yǔ rain – 雪 xuě snow

云yún means cloud in Chinese. Two lines above stand for air，the strokes below  show the shape of the cloud.

Please look at the oracle bone character

Some words with 云

白云（báiyún）white snow

雨yǔ means rain. It looks like it is raining, please have a look.

 

Words with 雨

• 下雨（xiàyǔ） to rain

• 雨衣（yǔyī）   raincoat

• 雨伞（yǔsǎn） umbrella

雪xuě means snow. The top part of the character is 雨，then it has a reverse E at the bottom.

Words with 雪

• 下雪（xiàxuě） to snow

• 雪白（xuěbái） snow white

• 雪山（xuěshān）snow mountain

The order of the characters

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