Grade 1 · first semester, Lesson 3

Grade 1 Lesson 3 Chinese characters

These are the 11 characters taught in Grade 1, first semester, Lesson 3. Every one shows Zhuyin and Pinyin, its meaning, its radical and its stroke count. Your child can trace each one and then write it from memory, free in the browser.

This lesson's characters

  • ㄔㄨ·chūto go out, to send out, standradical · 5 strokes出來 chū láito come out出去 chū qùto go out我看了日出。I saw the sunrise.
  • ㄒㄧㄠˇ·xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificantradical · 3 strokes小時 xiǎo shíhour小說 xiǎo shuōnovel大魚吃小魚。Big fish eat little fish.
  • ㄕㄢ·shānmountain, hill, peakradical · 3 strokes山地 shān dìmountainous region山水 shān shuǐwater from a mountain我走上山了。I walked up the hill.
  • ㄒㄧㄣ·xīnheart, mind, soulradical · 4 strokes心中 xīn zhōngcentral point中心 zhōng xīncenter自己當心啊。Watch yourself.
  • ㄎㄞ·kāito open, to start, to initiateradical · 12 strokes開始 kāi shǐto begin打開 dǎ kāito open他開了先河。He set a precedent.
  • ㄧㄡˋ·and, also, againradical · 2 strokes又稱 yòu chēngalso known as又名 yòu míngalso known as我又熬夜了。I stayed up all night again.
  • ㄍㄜˋ·this, that, singleradical · 10 strokes這個 zhè gethis個人 gè rénan individual他是個好人。He's a good lad.
  • ㄉㄨㄥˋ·dòngcave, grotto, holeradical · 9 strokes洞口 dòng kǒucave mouth門洞 mén dòngpassageway黑洞存在嗎?Do black holes exist?
  • ㄔㄜ·chēcart, vehicle, to move in a cartradical · 7 strokes車站 chē zhànrail station車間 chē jiānworkshop這是誰的車?Whose car is this?
  • ㄉㄨㄟ·duīcrowd, heap, pileradical · 11 strokes堆滿 duī mǎnto pile up堆積 duī jīto pile up看那堆錢。Look at all that money.
  • ㄏㄨㄛˇ·huǒfire; anger, temperradical · 4 strokes肝火 上火