Chinese Radicals
Grade 8•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can use my knowledge of radicals to make educated guesses about the meaning of unfamiliar Chinese characters.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define what a radical is in the context of Chinese characters, according to the video.
2. Explain the difference between a pictogram, an idiogram, and a logogram as described in the video.
3. The video mentioned the radical for water (氵). If you saw a character with this radical, what general category of meanings might you expect the character to have?
...and 4 more questions
Educational Video
The secret behind how Chinese characters work - Gina Marie Elia
TED-Ed