Chinese vocabulary flashcards: Radicals
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亠
tóu
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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人
rén
person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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入
rù
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
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八
bā
eight; 8
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刀
dāo
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs
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力
lì
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
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十
shí
ten; 10; numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5]
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卜
bǔ
(bound form) to divine
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厶
sī
personal; private; selfish; old variant of 私[si1]
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厶
sī
personal; private; selfish; old variant of 私[si1]
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口
kǒu
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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囗
wéi
enclosure
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土
tǔ
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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士
shì
member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
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女
nǚ
female; woman; daughter
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宀
mián
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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小
xiǎo
small; tiny; few; young
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尢
wāng
lame
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尸
shī
(bound form) corpse
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屮
chè
plants sprouting
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山
shān
mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
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川
chuān
(bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country
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日
rì
sun; day; date, day of the month
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曰
yuē
to speak; to say
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月
yuè
moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
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木
mù
(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
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毛
máo
hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
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气
qì
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
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水
shuǐ
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
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火
huǒ
fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
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牛
niú
ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
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犬
quǎn
dog; Kangxi radical 94
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玉
yù
jade
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目
mù
eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
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网
wǎng
net; network
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羽
yǔ
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
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色
sè
color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex
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艸
cǎo
grass
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虫
chóng
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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见
jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
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