100 Radicals according to their Frequency
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Radicals and their Relation to the Chinese Culture and Society
While the Chinese language developed along with Chinese society and culture, the characters, like graphic time-capsules, still reflect...
The Basic and Extended Meanings of a Radical
Originally, each radical was an integral character created to represent only one meaning. We refer to the original meaning of a radical...
Classifying Radicals by their Meanings
In the “Preface” section, we mentioned there are a total of 201 radicals in modern Chinese. The best way to memorize all 201 radicals is...
The Connections among Radicals, Integral Characters, and Compound Characters
Radicals are the orthographic units that compose compound characters. Once we have learned enough high frequency radicals, compound...
The Position of Radicals in Compound Characters
As stated above, radicals can appear in several different positions within a compound character. Below we have listed the common...
The Creation of New Radicals Based on Existing Radicals
In ancient times some radicals were createdby modifying existing radicals. For example, the radical 甘, which means sweet, was created by...
The Physical Feature of Ancient Radicals
Chinese writing originated from pictographs. If we track down the origins of each radical, we will find that they began as pictures of...
The Evolution of Written Structure of Radicals
Although many radicals used in modern Chinese originated in ancient China, the written forms of the modern radicals differ dramatically...
The Origin of the Radical
Originally, radicals were root characters. How did these root characters become radicals, and who invented the term “radical”? In the...
