Saturday, July 11, 2015

Radical Picture Book Project (100 points,Due Wednesday,July 22nd)

Requirements for Radical Picture Book Project * Have an introduction paragraph (in English) to introduce Chinese radicals to your readers Wikipedia entry on Chinese Radicals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_characters)
* At least 20 radicals
* Have a PICTURE of the character on each page
*All characters need to be hand-written
*Have a cover page, include a title to your book (some names you can use include:
部首書-Chinese radical book, 我的部首書-My Radical Book 部首圖畫書 --Radical picture book
*Have a back cover page that is empty
* Beside the radical (and its variant form if there is one) and picture, you must include at least 4 other information. You can choose from: Pinyin, English meaning, stroke count, stroke order, Evolution of the character, word examples with English meaning and anything you feel is appropriate for this project.
*Have the book organized by chapters; each chapter should be a category. Some ideas for categories includes: body part, nature, animal, family, daily life, farm, 

Some useful links for your book
Chineseliteracy.net: http://www.chineseliteracy.net/login/login.php (userID: Startalk; password: Class2014). Go to Volume 1 Chapter 4 to learn about detail of 20 most common radicals. Go to Radical Chart and then Kangxi Radicals Traditional Form. Look up character by stroke count.
* Arch Chinese: http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html
*Show evolution (different forms of the character in history) of the characters

 Or Search the radical at:  http://www.fantizi5.com/ziyuan/ it will show evolution.

Radical List you can choose from, but you are not limited to those

People:  人(亻), 女, 子, 父,母, 身, 肉(月)

Animals牛, 羊, 馬, 鳥, 魚,豕, 犬(犭), 虫

Daily life 衣,食,广,門,行,走, 車,言, 工

Nature金,木,水(氵),火(灬),土, 山, 竹(⺮), 石

Farm日,雨,田, 米,禾, 刀(刂), 弓,  

Body Parts:手, 足,心, 口, 目, 耳, 骨


Sample Page

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

部首 Bù shǒu(1): Nature Radicals










*The Wu Xing, ( wŭ xíng) also known as the Five ElementsFive Phases, the Five Agents, the Five MovementsFive Processes, and the Five Steps/Stages, is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena.


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

12 Zodiac Animals and Chinese Pictograms


日 ri4, 山 shan1, 水 shui3, 木 mu4, 林 lin2, 鳥 niao3, 象 xiang4, 草 cao3, 田 tian2,  竹 zhu2, 馬 ma3, 夫 fu1,  刀 dao1, 舟 zhou1, 魚 yu2, 网 wang3, 燕 yan4, 雲 yun2, 雨 yu3, 傘 san3, 石 shi2, 火 huo3, 龜 gui1 , 鹿 lu4  ,  豕 shi3, 叟 sou3, 虎 hu3, 弓 gong1,舍 she4, 羊 yang2, 花 hua1, 門 men2, 犬 quan3, 子 zi3, 女 nǚ,月 yue4 

Monday, June 29, 2015

我的朋友在哪裡 (wǒ de péng yǒu zài nǎ lǐ)? ;踢毽子( tī jiàn zi)

Lyrics:

我的朋友在哪裡


yi1   er2   san3  si4   wu5  liu4  qi1

一   二  三   四   五  六  七,
 1       2      3      4        5     6      7, 

wo3     de   peng2   you3  zai4 na3 li3,
我     的   朋      友   在  哪 裡?  
    My                  friend       in    where?
     
zai4    zhe4    li3,    zai4     zhe4   li3
 在    这    里,   在     这    ,
 (In)         here ,        in          here,

wo3 de peng2 you3 zai4 zhe4 li3
我  的  朋    友  在   这  .


Jian zi

Jiàn zi (Chinese毽子), tī jiànzi (踢毽子) also known by other names, is a traditionalAsian game in which players aim to keep a heavily weighted shuttlecock in the air by using their bodies, apart from the hands, unlike in similar games peteca and indiaca. The game is played on a court similar to badminton and volleyball, or it can be played artistically, among a circle of players in a street or park, with the objective to keep the shuttle 'up' and show off skills. In Vietnam, it is known as đá cầu and is the national sport. In the Philippines, it is known as sipaand was also the national sport until it was replaced by Arnis in December of 2009.[1]
In recent years, the game has gained a formal following in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere.
In English, both the sport and the object with which it is played are referred to as "shuttlecock" or "featherball".