Chinese Radicals Preface and Index

Chinese Radicals are very important in Chinese characters. 99% Chinese characters have radicals, you can't understand Chinese without understanding radicals.

In this blog, I will introduce the radicals, and explain them one by one: where they come from? why I have to write them in the certain way? What the relationship between the radical and its original character? All explanations are based on pictography of Chinese characters, their evolution, the influence of their writing way, and the square form arrangement.

No one has explained the radicals in this way ever. You will find out the interesting of learning the radicals from this blog.

Index

Radical                           Related Character                          Post

Wood                                       木                                            1
Grain/Rice Crop                      禾                                            2
Three drops                             水                                            3