Grade 5 · first semester, Lesson 12
Grade 5 Lesson 12 Chinese characters
These are the 23 characters taught in Grade 5, 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
- 置ㄓˋ·zhìto lay out, to place, to set asideradical 罒 · 13 strokes裝置 zhuāng zhì — to install配置 pèi zhì — to deploy難以置信! — Unbelievable!
- 喪ㄙㄤˋ·sàngmourning, mourn, funeralradical 口 · 12 strokes喪失 sàng shī — to lose喪命 sàng mìng — to lose one's life真的令人喪氣。 — It was truly depressing.
- 擱ㄍㄜ·gēto place, to lay down, to delayradical 扌 · 17 strokes擱置 gē zhì — to shelve擱淺 gē qiǎn — to be stranded我們不得不把遊戲擱到下週日了。 — We have to put off the game till next Sunday.
- 獸ㄕㄡˋ·shòubeast, animal, bestialradical 犬 · 19 strokes野獸 yě shòu — beast獸類 shòu lèi — animals我怕野獸。 — I'm scared of wild animals.
- 筏ㄈㄚˊ·fáraftradical ⺮ · 12 strokes筏子 fá zi — raft木筏 mù fá — wooden raft
- 臼ㄐㄧㄡˋ·jiùmortar, bone joint socketradical 臼 · 6 strokes臼齒 jiù chǐ — molar tooth脫臼 tuō jiù — dislocation
- 艙ㄘㄤ·cāngcabin, ship's holdradical 舟 · 16 strokes船艙 chuán cāng — hold of ship座艙 zuò cāng — cockpit
- 鸚ㄧㄥ·yīngparrotradical 鳥 · 28 strokes鸚鵡 yīng wǔ — parrot鸚哥 yīng gē — parrot鸚鵡會模仿人的聲音。 — A parrot can imitate human speech.
- 政ㄓㄥˋ·zhènggovernment, politicsradical 攵 · 9 strokes政治 zhèng zhì — politics政體 zhèng tǐ — form of government你對政治感興趣嗎？ — Are you interested in politics?
- 塵ㄔㄣˊ·chéncinders, ashes, dustradical 土 · 14 strokes塵土 chén tǔ — dust灰塵 huī chén — dust清理鏡子上的灰塵。 — Clean the dirt off the mirror.
- 蹟ㄐㄧ·jītrace, tracks, footprintsradical 足 · 18 strokes奇蹟 qí jì — miracle古蹟 gǔ jì — place of historic interest那些都是好跡象。 — Those are encouraging signs.
- 妻ㄑㄧ·qīwiferadical 女 · 8 strokes妻子 qī zǐ — wife and children夫妻 fū qī — husband and wife我妻子在家。 — My wife is at home.
- 糟ㄗㄠ·zāosediment, dregs, to wasteradical 米 · 17 strokes糟糕 zāo gāo — too bad糟踐 zāo jian — to waste那太糟糕了。 — That's too bad.
- 闢ㄆㄧˋ·pìopen, to settle, to developradical 門 · 21 strokes開闢 kāi pì — to open up精闢 jīng pì — clear and penetrating
- 裙ㄑㄩㄣˊ·qúna skirtradical 衣 · 13 strokes窄裙 — 百褶裙 —
- 煦ㄒㄩˇ·xǔwarm; genialradical 火 · 13 strokes和煦 — 煦日初升 —
- 髒ㄗㄤ·zāngdirty; coarse (of language)radical 骨 · 23 strokes髒亂 — 髒話 —
- 嘈ㄘㄠˊ·cáonoisy; a dinradical 口 · 14 strokes嘈雜 —
- 裳ㄔㄤˊ·[一]cháng[二]shangclothing; a lower garmentradical 衣 · 14 strokes
- 咪ㄇㄧ·mīthe sound used to call a catradical 口 · 9 strokes咪咪 —
- 柵ㄓㄚˋ·zhàa fence; a railingradical 木 · 9 strokes木柵 — 籬柵 —
- 府ㄈㄨˇ·fǔa government office; a residenceradical 广 · 8 strokes官府 — 首府 —
- 皆ㄐㄧㄝ·jiēall; bothradical 白 · 9 strokes草木皆兵 —