Grade 4 · second semester, Lesson 1

Grade 4 Lesson 1 Chinese characters

These are the 13 characters taught in Grade 4, 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

  • ㄈㄥ·fēngabundant, lush, bountifulradical · 18 strokes豐產 fēng chǎnhigh yield豐厚 fēng hòugenerous我們期望今年豐收。We're expecting a good harvest this year.
  • ㄙㄨㄟˋ·suìear of grain, fringe, tasselradical · 17 strokes抽穗 chōu suìto put forth ears接穗 jiē suìscion
  • ㄒㄩㄥˊ·xióngalpha male, hero, manlyradical · 12 strokes英雄 yīng xiónghero雄壯 xióng zhuàngmajestic我是個英雄。I'm a hero.
  • ㄏㄨㄢˋ·huànto callradical · 12 strokes喚起 huàn qǐto waken喚醒 huàn xǐngto wake sb被鬧鐘喚醒沒有被鳥喚醒的好。It's much better to be woken by the birds than by an alarm.
  • ㄇㄧㄠˊ·miáoa sprout, a seedling; the young of an animalradical · 9 strokes禾苗 hé miáorice seedlings麥苗 wheat seedlings
  • ㄐㄧㄡ·jiūused in 赳赳: valiant, gallantradical · 9 strokes赳赳 jiū jiūvaliant; gallant
  • ㄤˊ·ángto raise (the head); high-spiritedradical · 8 strokes昂首闊步 áng shǒu kuò bùto stride along with head held high氣宇軒昂 to have an imposing bearing
  • ㄒㄩㄣˊ·xúnto patrol; to go on one's roundsradical · 7 strokes巡視 xún shìto tour and inspect巡察 xún cháto patrol and inspect
  • ㄒㄧㄚˊ·xiáto sip; to drinkradical · 8 strokes呷茶 xiá cháto drink tea
  • ㄐㄧㄚˇ·jiǎarmour, shell; first, top graderadical · 5 strokes盔甲 kuī jiǎarmour鎧甲 a suit of armour
  • ㄏㄜˊ·standing grain; a cereal cropradical · 5 strokes
  • ㄐㄧˋ·a season; a period of three monthsradical · 8 strokes春季 chūn jìspring夏季 xià jìsummer
  • ㄘㄢˋ·cànbright; brilliant, dazzlingradical · 17 strokes燦爛 càn lànsplendid; brilliant