FDTL 46/99

Chinese language skills for Britain: Disseminating Best Practice

Reading Tips - Reading Week 2


1 Most commonly used punctuation

dòuhào

逗号

comma

,

jùhào

句号

full stop

.

màohào

冒号

colon

:

wènhào

问号

question mark

?

“”

yĭnhào

引号

quotation mark

“ ”

dùnhào

顿号

a slight-pause mark used to set off items in a series.

 

fēnhào

分号

semicolon

;

......

shĕnglüèhào

省略号

ellipsis, dots

...

pòzhéhào

破折号

dash    

guăntànhào

感叹号

exclamation mark

!

.

jiāngéhào

间隔号

separation mark: . (May the 4th)

.

 

2 Character recognition

 

A. Radicals and components

Radical index Radical Name of radical Position in character Examples

113

tap /  反文旁

right

, ,,

89

zhŭ

main 

top

,,,

103

day, sun       

left, top, base

, ,,,

47

to go  / 走之底

left

, , ,

28

strength

right, base, middle

, , ,

24

eight / 八字()

top, base

, , , , ,

170

heading

right, base

, , ,   ,

73

woman

left, base

, ,,,,

62

to walk slowly / 人旁

left

,,,

80

fire / 四点

base

,

147

gold (metal)  / 金字旁

left, base

,, ,

157

yáng  

sheep / 羊字头

top, right

,

17

knife / 刀旁

right

, , , ,

49

tŭ, shì   

earth, scholar  / 提土旁

 

,, ,, , , ,

10

speech /言字旁

left

, , , ,

8

ice /

left

, , , , ,

106

bèi

treasure

left, base

, , ,

55

hand (verbs) /    提手旁         

 

, , , ,,

119

to kill       

 

                              


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