Chinese Hanzi Character Breakdown

Cards · 60

人

rén - person, human

从 (人 + 人)

cóng - to follow; from (one person following another)

众 (人 + 人 + 人)

zhòng - crowd, many people

木

mù - tree, wood

林 (木 + 木)

lín - woods, grove

森 (木 + 木 + 木)

sēn - forest

日

rì - sun, day

月

yuè - moon, month

明 (日 + 月)

míng - bright, clear (combines sun and moon)

火

huǒ - fire

炎 (火 + 火)

yán - flaming, scorching, inflammation

水

shuǐ - water

淼 (水 + 水 + 水)

miǎo - vast expanse of water

口

kǒu - mouth, opening

品 (口 + 口 + 口)

pǐn - article, product, to taste, quality

休 (人 + 木)

xiū - to rest (person leaning against a tree)

体 (人 + 本)

tǐ - body (person and origin/base)

女

nǚ - woman, female

子

zǐ - child, son

好 (女 + 子)

hǎo - good, well (woman holding a child)

妈 (女 + 马)

mā - mother (female radical + horse phonetic)

姐 (女 + 且)

jiě - older sister (female radical + phonetic/phallic origin marker)

妹 (女 + 未)

mèi - younger sister (female radical + not yet mature)

田

tián - field, farmland

力

lì - power, strength

男 (田 + 力)

nán - man, male (strength applied to fields)

看 (手 + 目)

kàn - to look, to watch (hand shielding eye)

见 (目 + 儿)

jiàn - to see, to meet (eye walking on legs)

闻 (门 + 耳)

wén - to hear, to smell (ear at the doorway listening)

闷 (门 + 心)

mèn - bored, stifled (heart trapped in a doorway)

问 (门 + 口)

wèn - to ask (mouth asking at the doorway)

间 (门 + 日)

jiān - room, between, interval (sunlight shining through doorway)

安 (宀 + 女)

ān - peaceful, safe (woman under a roof)

家 (宀 + 豕)

jiā - home, family (pig under a roof)

字 (宀 + 子)

zì - character, word (child nurtured under a roof)

牢 (宀 + 牛)

láo - prison, pen (ox kept under a roof/enclosure)

晶 (日 + 日 + 日)

jīng - sparkling, crystal (three bright suns)

早 (日 + 十)

zǎo - early, morning (sun rising above the horizon marker)

旦 (日 + 一)

dàn - dawn, daybreak (sun rising directly above the horizon)

本 (木 + 一)

běn - root, origin, book (mark at the base of a tree)

末 (木 + 一)

mò - tip, end (mark at the high branches of a tree)

相 (木 + 目)

xiāng - mutual, each other (eye inspecting a tree)

采 (爫 + 木)

cǎi - to pick, to gather (hand plucking from a tree)

果 (田 + 木)

guǒ - fruit, result (round fruit on top of a tree)

江 (氵 + 工)

jiāng - river (water radical + work/craft phonetic)

河 (氵 + 可)

hé - river (water radical + phonetic)

海 (氵 + 每)

hǎi - sea, ocean (water radical + every phonetic)

泪 (氵 + 目)

lèi - tears (water flowing from the eye)

沐 (氵 + 木)

mù - to bathe, to wash (water applied like rain on a tree)

灭 (一 + 火)

miè - to extinguish, destroy (covering/putting out a fire)

灾 (宀 + 火)

zāi - disaster, catastrophe (fire under a roof)

信 (亻 + 言)

xìn - trust, believe, letter (person true to their words)

语 (讠 + 吾)

yǔ - spoken language, speech (words radical + self/I phonetic)

说 (讠 + 兑)

shuō - to speak, to say (words radical + joyous/open phonetic)

读 (讠 + 卖)

dú - to read (speech radical + sell phonetic)

想 (相 + 心)

xiǎng - to think, to miss (appearance/mutual + heart-mind)

忘 (亡 + 心)

wàng - to forget (perish/disappear + heart-mind)

忍 (刃 + 心)

rěn - to endure, tolerate (blade poised over heart)

怕 (忄 + 白)

pà - to fear, afraid (heart turned pale/white)

情 (忄 + 青)

qíng - feeling, emotion (heart radical + green/blue nature phonetic)