Chapter 3: The Character Structures & the Levels

The Chinese Characters Structures & Levels

I. :
1200
150
1200

Word bank
Human
Nature
Manmade
Other
Total

125
110
90
40
365
365

110
135
100
40
385
750

35
125
70
20
250
1000

55
150
35
25
265
1265

Total
325
520
295
125
1265
-65 overlap

1200

150

II.
1. Compound Character Structure Formula 1Word 1 + Word 2 = A new word

2. Compound Character Structure Formula 2

_Word 3
+Word 4
--------------A new word

III.
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1. Radical that remained

as an original character

2. Radicals that changed

into symbols

Single
Characters

Compound
Characters 1

Compound
Characters 2

3. Radicals that stayed as symbols

Radicals

Compound Characters
1

Compound
Characters 2

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