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Click on Chinese characters to arrange components of the character in correct position.

Component order (Basic structure of Chinese character)

Each Chinese character has a fundamental component or radical (部首 Chinese : bu(4) shou(3)), that is used in Chinese dictionaries to index Chinese characters. A Chinese character can be a radical by itself, or a combination of radicals and characters. Understand basic structures of Chinese character will help you learn Chinese characters faster, and easier.

  1. Independent (all strokes in the character are connected)

    2. 本

  2. left and right

    3. 吃 好 站

  3. top and bottom

    4. 冬 男 香

  4. Left-bottom enclosing

    5. 爬

  5. Left-top enclosing

    6. 友 右 左

  6. right-top enclosing

    7. 感

  7. left, middle and right

    8. 倒 掛

  8. Top, center and bottom

    9. 高

  9. Analysis of sample characters

    10. CharacterInitial DecompositionFollowing DecompositionComponent order
    蔬 Component: 蔬 Structure: 3
    top: A
    bottom: B    		 Component: B Structure: 2
    Bottom left : B1
    Bottom right: B2

    Component: B2 Structure: 3
    Bottom left top: B2a
    Bottom right bottom: B2b
    		A, B1, B2a, B2b
    聲 Component: 聲 Structure: 3
    top: A
    bottom: B    		 Component: A Structure: 2
    Top left : A1
    Top right: A2

    Component: A1 Structure: 3
    Top left top: A1a
    Top left bottom: A1b

    Component: A2 Structure: 3
    Top right top: A2a
    Top right bottom: A2b
    		A1a, A1b, A2a, A2b, B
    鐵 Component: 鐵 Structure: 7
    Left: A
    Middle: B
    Right: C    		 Component: A Structure: 3
    Left top: A1
    Left bottom: A2

    Component: B Structure: 8
    Middle top: B1
    Middle center: B2
    Middle bottom: B3

    		A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C
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