Grade 2 · second semester, Lesson 1
Grade 2 Lesson 1 Chinese characters
These are the 17 characters taught in Grade 2, second semester, Lesson 1. 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
- 世ㄕˋ·shìgeneration, era, ageradical 一 · 5 strokes世界 shì jiè — world世上 shì shàng — on earth世界真美好。 — The world is beautiful.
- 傘ㄙㄢˇ·sǎnumbrella, parasol, parachuteradical 人 · 12 strokes跳傘 tiào sǎn — to parachute傘兵 sǎn bīng — paratrooper我的傘在哪？ — Where is my umbrella?
- 公ㄍㄨㄥ·gōngfair, equitable, publicradical 八 · 4 strokes公路 gōng lù — highway公開 gōng kāi — open他下了公車。 — He got off the bus.
- 園ㄩㄢˊ·yuángarden, park, orchardradical 囗 · 13 strokes公園 gōng yuán — park校園 xiào yuán — campus花園裡沒有人。 — There was nobody in the garden.
- 士ㄕˋ·shìscholar, gentleman, soldierradical 士 · 3 strokes人士 rén shì — person將士 jiàng shì — officers and soldiers她趕上了巴士。 — She was in time for the bus.
- 妙ㄇㄧㄠˋ·miàomysterious, subtle, cleverradical 女 · 7 strokes精妙 jīng miào — exquisite不妙 bù miào — not too encouraging真是太妙了。 — It was absolutely brilliant.
- 尖ㄐㄧㄢ·jiānsharp, pointed, acuteradical 小 · 6 strokes尖叫 jiān jiào — to screech尖利 jiān lì — sharp他踮著腳尖走, 所以沒有人聽到他。 — He tiptoed so no one heard him.
- 探ㄊㄢ·tānto find, to locate, to grope forradical 扌 · 11 strokes探明 tàn míng — to ascertain探險 tàn xiǎn — to explore我沒想打探的。 — I didn't mean to pry.
- 搭ㄉㄚ·dāto attach, to build, to joinradical 扌 · 12 strokes搭配 dā pèi — to pair up搭救 dā jiù — to rescue他搭錯了車。 — He took the wrong bus by mistake.
- 旅ㄌㄩˇ·lǚjourney, trip, to travelradical 方 · 10 strokes旅遊 lǚ yóu — trip旅客 lǚ kè — traveler我喜歡旅行。 — I like to travel.
- 昭ㄓㄠ·zhāobright, luminous, clearradical 日 · 9 strokes昭雪 zhāo xuě — to exonerate昭示 zhāo shì — to declare publicly
- 界ㄐㄧㄝˋ·jièboundary, limit, domainradical 田 · 9 strokes世界 shì jiè — world邊界 biān jiè — boundary世界真美好。 — The world is beautiful.
- 行ㄒㄧㄥˊ·xíngto go, to walk, to moveradical 行 · 6 strokes進行 jìn xíng — to proceed行動 xíng dòng — operation大家都還行。 — Everyone was OK.
- 貓ㄇㄠ·māocatradical 豸 · 16 strokes貓兒 māo ér — kitten貓眼 māo yǎn — peephole那是我的貓。 — That's my cat.
- 針ㄓㄣ·zhēnneedle, pin, tackradical 釒 · 10 strokes針對 zhēn duì — to target方針 fāng zhēn — policy這好比大海撈針。 — It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
- 險ㄒㄧㄢˇ·xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic pointradical 阝 · 15 strokes風險 fēng xiǎn — risk保險 bǎo xiǎn — insurance他喜歡冒險。 — He likes adventure.
- 黑ㄏㄟ·hēiblack, dark, evilradical 黑 · 12 strokes黑色 hēi sè — black黑人 hēi rén — black person貓是黑色的。 — The cat is black.