Comments on: 40 most common radicals http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals This is my blog about my journey to Asia and all the steps I take on my way. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:07:45 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Junjie http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals/comment-page-1#comment-13206 Junjie Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:46:35 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals#comment-13206 Hi Claire, thanks for Your comment, while 又 does mean "again" it's a pictograph of the right hand. I just checked with zhongwen.com I'll try to find some educated Chinese specialist and check again, but at the moment I'm packing my stuff to visit my relatives in Eastern Europe. Hi Claire,

thanks for Your comment, while 又 does mean “again” it’s a pictograph of the right hand. I just checked with zhongwen.com
I’ll try to find some educated Chinese specialist and check again, but at the moment I’m packing my stuff to visit my relatives in Eastern Europe.

]]> By: claire http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals/comment-page-1#comment-13199 claire Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:31:46 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals#comment-13199 I'm a Chinese, happen to find a mistake here in your list. 又 doensn't mean right hand side, it means again. 右with exactly the same pronunciation means right hand side. I’m a Chinese, happen to find a mistake here in your list. 又 doensn’t mean right hand side, it means again. 右with exactly the same pronunciation means right hand side.

]]> By: Derek Read http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals/comment-page-1#comment-8244 Derek Read Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:23:13 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals#comment-8244 McNaugton's book (updated with help from Li Ying) goes through the 214 Kangxi radicals (and talks about the '226'), but many are used only in more 'advanced' characters. The 40 here are a very good place to start, as they are found in many very commonly used words that beginners need to know (ie: the first 1000, 2000 or even 3000 characters you should learn would mostly be based on these). That having been said, use this list AND get McNaughton's book because it gives you the historic meaning, variations on the writing for each radical and lots of other info. The book also has a student 'study guide' section that tries to guide you with learning things in an order that is helpful. McNaugton’s book (updated with help from Li Ying) goes through the 214 Kangxi radicals (and talks about the ‘226′), but many are used only in more ‘advanced’ characters. The 40 here are a very good place to start, as they are found in many very commonly used words that beginners need to know (ie: the first 1000, 2000 or even 3000 characters you should learn would mostly be based on these). That having been said, use this list AND get McNaughton’s book because it gives you the historic meaning, variations on the writing for each radical and lots of other info. The book also has a student ’study guide’ section that tries to guide you with learning things in an order that is helpful.

]]> By: Chinese learner http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals/comment-page-1#comment-5808 Chinese learner Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:31:20 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals#comment-5808 Hi! Thanks for this! Hi!

Thanks for this!

]]> By: Zhongguoist http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals/comment-page-1#comment-152 Zhongguoist Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:04:17 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals#comment-152 There's a book called Reading + Writing Chinese Characters by William McNaughton which at the front has like 200-odd radicals organised by stroke and I thought they were really good. Your list doesn't include all the different variants eg the fact that there are 3 people radicals, that the knife radical can also be written as it is in 利 at the right hand sign and the way that the water radical is almost never written like that but written as 3 dots, 2 for ice etc. Good luck with the Learning chinese I'm not sure how long you've been learning it. I've been learning in total a year and a half but it gets better all the time. There’s a book called Reading + Writing Chinese Characters by William McNaughton which at the front has like 200-odd radicals organised by stroke and I thought they were really good. Your list doesn’t include all the different variants eg the fact that there are 3 people radicals, that the knife radical can also be written as it is in 利 at the right hand sign and the way that the water radical is almost never written like that but written as 3 dots, 2 for ice etc.

Good luck with the Learning chinese I’m not sure how long you’ve been learning it. I’ve been learning in total a year and a half but it gets better all the time.

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