#chinese radicals

Radical Vocabulary Valentines edition! Taking a slightly different approach with the words that have more than one character.

HOP to the base of the post for a “how-to” use the flashcards (they are a little out of the box) 

Quick Guide: 

Word meaning in CAPITALS, &  literal character meanings in bold.

Literal character meanings in CAPITALS, and radical components inBOLD CAPITALS.

A little how-to on how to read/use the flashcards, as they are a little different:

WORD + CHARACTER MEANING

The top sentence approaches the word from a character based perspective. Breaking down each word into the individual characters and their root meanings. (Good if you already know these characters). 

Word meaning in CAPITALS, &  character meanings in bold

RADICAL COMPONENTS within characters 

The bottom sentences, reference the numbered characters in the image. They tackle the word from a radical approach. These sentences are used for primarily memorising the stroke composition within each character.

Individual character meaning in CAPITALS, and radicalsinBOLD CAPITALS.

I hope it makes sense, i feel like it may be a little convoluted but room for improvement! 

Let me know what you think. 

Check out my other Radical Colour Flashcards: HERE

and vocab pack 01 HERE 

Thought i’d try a slightly different approach, particularly for the nouns to remember them. By breaking down individual meanings of the radicals within each character + pairing with a context driving trigger sentence. With Chinese, the radicals tell a story of how the word came to be, so perhaps looking at Chinese characters through that approach will encourage another level of    long-term memory. 

**Radical meanings are in bold + the vocabulary is CAPITALISED