https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2018/01/22/mandarin-monday-get-know-your-chinese-radicals 1. The Grass Radical “艸” (草） Radical form: 艹 Chinese name: 草字头 (“grass character head”) 2. The Water Radical “水” Radical form: 氵 Chinese name: 三点水 (“three-points of water”) 3. The Wood Radical “木” Radical form: 木 Chinese name: 木字(旁,头,底) (“wood to the character’s side/top/bottom”) 4. The Hand Radical “手” Radical form: 扌 Chinese name: 提手旁 (“hand-carrying side”) […]
Category: Pre-Lesson 2: Characters & Stroke Orders
Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese, Pinyin or Zhuyin
Let’s start off by just looking at this Wikipedia article, and appreciate from a cautious distance the variety of input methods there are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_input_methods_for_computers#:~:text=In%20mainland%20China%2C%20the%20wubi,most%20often%20taught%20in%20schools. As a beginner language learner who may or may not have a deep interest in a linguistic appreciation of the Chinese language, I will simplify the choice to the most practical […]