Comments on: Writing in Chinese Basics - The Radical http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/ Tips, tricks and cultural insights on learning Mandarin Chinese Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:17:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Learning Mandarin Chinese Insights » Blog Archive » Learning how to Read and Write Chinese Characters http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-119 Learning Mandarin Chinese Insights » Blog Archive » Learning how to Read and Write Chinese Characters Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:56:27 +0000 http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-119 [...] the process becomes easier, since in the process of learning, you are will also be learning the radicals involved, so new characters will just involve modifying characters you already know, rather than [...] […] the process becomes easier, since in the process of learning, you are will also be learning the radicals involved, so new characters will just involve modifying characters you already know, rather than […]

]]> By: Karan Misra http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-26 Karan Misra Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:45:28 +0000 http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-26 In addition to having characters with a lot of signific meaning, I also like some of the words that are formed this way. Like 矛盾. 矛 is a spear and 盾 is a shield, so 矛盾 means 'contradictory'. In addition to having characters with a lot of signific meaning, I also like some of the words that are formed this way. Like 矛盾. 矛 is a spear and 盾 is a shield, so 矛盾 means ‘contradictory’.

]]> By: Chinese http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-25 Chinese Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:40:20 +0000 http://www.chineselearnonline.com/learning-insights/2007/08/01/writing-in-chinese-basics-the-radical/#comment-25 Haha, and with the radicals you can make funny characters, look at those characters etymology: http://www.chinese-tools.com/characters/colourful.html Haha, and with the radicals you can make funny characters, look at those characters etymology:
http://www.chinese-tools.com/characters/colourful.html

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