Grade 2 · first semester, Lesson 10

Grade 2 Lesson 10 Chinese characters

These are the 16 characters taught in Grade 2, first semester, Lesson 10. Every one shows Zhuyin and Pinyin, its meaning, its radical and its stroke count. In CharGem your child traces each one, then writes it from memory. Grade 1 is free; this grade is part of the subscription.

This lesson's characters

  • ㄎㄡˇ·kǒumouth, entrance, gateradical · 3 strokes人口 rén kǒupopulation出口 chū kǒuan exit有人在門口。Someone's at the door.
  • ㄍㄜ·elder brotherradical · 10 strokes哥哥 gē geolder brother大哥 dà gēeldest brother他是我的哥哥。He's my older brother.
  • ㄧㄠˊ·yáoto rock, to shake, to swingradical · 13 strokes搖頭 yáo tóuto shake one's head動搖 dòng yáoto sway狗搖著尾巴跟著主人。The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.
  • ㄐㄧㄢˇ·jiǎnto decrease, to subtract, to diminishradical · 12 strokes減少 jiǎn shǎoto lessen減輕 jiǎn qīngto lighten她的體重減輕了。She has lost weight.
  • ㄨㄤˊ·wángking, ruler, royalradical · 4 strokes王爺 wáng yeprince王公 wáng gōngprinces and dukes我見到了王子真人。I met the prince himself.
  • ㄧˋ·different, strange, unusualradical · 11 strokes異常 yì chángunusual異樣 yì yàngdifference天氣異常寒冷。The weather is unusually cold.
  • ㄅㄞˇ·bǎione hundred, numerous, manyradical · 6 strokes百科 bǎi kēuniversal百年 bǎi niánhundred years她有幾百本書。She has hundreds of books.
  • ㄊㄨˊ·sudden, abrupt, unexpectedradical · 9 strokes突然 tū ránsudden突出 tū chūprominent他們突然哭了。They burst into tears.
  • ㄉㄚˊ·answer, reply, to returnradical · 12 strokes回答 huí dáto reply答應 dā yingto answer回答我的問題。Answer my questions.
  • ㄅㄧㄠˇ·biǎoto show, to express, to displayradical · 8 strokes表現 biǎo xiànto show表明 biǎo míngto make clear有時間表嗎?Is there a timetable?
  • ㄖㄣˋ·rènto know, to recognize, to understandradical · 14 strokes認識 rèn shito know認真 rèn zhēnconscientious我是認真的。I'm serious.
  • ㄇㄧˊ·riddle, puzzle, conundrumradical · 16 strokes謎底 mí dǐanswer to a riddle謎語 mí yǔriddle你解開謎團了嗎?Have you worked the puzzle out?
  • ㄕˋ·shìknowledge, to understand, to recognizeradical · 19 strokes認識 rèn shito know知識 zhī shiknowledge我們認識他。We know him.
  • ㄉㄨˊ·to study, to learn, to readradical · 22 strokes讀書 dú shūto read a book讀者 dú zhěreader我昨晚讀書。I read a book last night.
  • ㄍㄢˇ·gǎnto pursue, to overtake, to hurryradical · 14 strokes趕快 gǎn kuàiquickly趕緊 gǎn jǐnhurriedly她在趕時間。She was in a hurry.
  • ㄊㄧˊ·forehead, headline, titleradical · 18 strokes問題 wèn tíquestion題材 tí cáisubject matter哪裡有問題?Where is the problem?