Grade 4 · first semester, Lesson 12

Grade 4 Lesson 12 Chinese characters

These are the 14 characters taught in Grade 4, first semester, Lesson 12. 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

  • ㄌㄞˋ·làibamboo flute, flute, piperadical · 22 strokes天籟 tiān làisounds of nature
  • ㄧㄡ·superior, elegantradical · 17 strokes優良 yōu liángfine優點 yōu diǎnmerit她舉止優雅。She is graceful.
  • ㄐㄧㄚ·jiāexcellent, joyful, auspiciousradical · 14 strokes嘉賓 jiā bīnesteemed guest嘉許 jiā xǔfavorable
  • ㄋㄧㄥˊ·níngcalm, peaceful, healthyradical · 14 strokes寧可 nìng kěpreferably寧靜 níng jìngtranquil我寧願待在家裡。I'd rather stay at home.
  • ㄩㄝˋ·yuècontented, gratified, pleasedradical · 10 strokes喜悅 xǐ yuèhappy悅耳 yuè ěrsweet-sounding取悅他很難。He is rather hard to please.
  • ㄩˊ·pleasant, delightful, to pleaseradical · 12 strokes愉快 yú kuàicheerful愉悅 yú yuèjoyful我玩得很愉快。I had a wonderful time.
  • ㄔㄨㄣˊ·chúnlipsradical · 11 strokes我讀唇語。I read lips.
  • ㄧˋ·to translate, to interpret, to encoderadical · 20 strokes翻譯 fān yìto translate破譯 pò yìto decipher我是個翻譯。I'm a translator.
  • ㄅㄧㄣ·bīnguest, visitor, surnameradical · 14 strokes賓館 bīn guǎnguesthouse賓客 bīn kèguests我住在希爾頓賓館。I'm staying at the Hilton Hotel.
  • ㄗㄞˋ·zàiload, to carry, to conveyradical · 13 strokes記載 jì zǎito write down下載 xià zàito download他們裝載卡車。They loaded the truck.
  • ㄅㄢˋ·bànto set up, to manage, to runradical · 16 strokes辦法 bàn fǎway of handling sth辦事 bàn shìto handle回辦公室去。Go back to the office.
  • ㄉㄚˊ·to reach, to arrive at, intelligentradical · 12 strokes達到 dá dàoto reach達成 dá chéngto reach語言表達思想。Words express thoughts.
  • ㄓㄤ·zhāngchapter, section, writingradical · 11 strokes文章 wén zhāngarticle章程 zhāng chéngrules你看文章了沒?Did you read the article?
  • ㄑㄧˊ·even, uniform, of equal lengthradical · 14 strokes齊全 qí quáncomplete齊聲 qí shēngall speaking together房間裡傢俱齊全。The room is fully furnished.