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Alfabeto Chinese

Hanzi (Chinese Characters)

Chinese uses logographic characters (Hanzi) where each character represents a morpheme or word. Simplified Chinese has around 2,500 commonly used characters. Characters are built from basic strokes and radicals.

Basic Strokes (笔画)

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
Héng (Horizontal)héngflat horizontal stroke
Shù (Vertical)shùstraight downward stroke
丿Piě (Left-falling)piěstroke falling to the left
Nà (Right-falling)stroke falling to the right
Diǎn (Dot)diǎnshort dot stroke
Zhé (Turning)zhéstroke with a turn
Gōu (Hook)gōustroke with a hook

Common Radicals (部首)

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
Rén (Person)rénrún
Kǒu (Mouth)kǒukoh
Shǒu (Hand)shǒushoh
Shuǐ (Water)shuǐshway
Huǒ (Fire)huǒhwoh
Mù (Tree)moo
Rì (Sun/Day)rr
Yuè (Moon/Month)yuèyweh
Shān (Mountain)shānshahn
Tǔ (Earth)too
Jīn (Gold/Metal)jīnjeen
Xīn (Heart)xīnsheen
Mù (Eye)moo
Ěr (Ear)ěrar
Zú (Foot)dzoo
Nǚ (Woman)nyoo
Zǐ (Child)dzur
Mén (Door)ménmun
Chóng (Insect)chóngchong
Yú (Fish)yoo

Pinyin Initials (声母)

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
bBblike 'b' in 'ball' (unaspirated)
pPplike 'p' in 'park' (aspirated)
mMmlike 'm' in 'moon'
fFflike 'f' in 'fun'
dDdlike 'd' in 'day' (unaspirated)
tTtlike 't' in 'top' (aspirated)
nNnlike 'n' in 'no'
lLllike 'l' in 'love'
gGglike 'g' in 'go' (unaspirated)
kKklike 'k' in 'king' (aspirated)
hHhlike 'h' in 'hat'
jJjlike 'j' in 'jeep'
qQqlike 'ch' in 'cheer'
xXxlike 'sh' in 'she'
zhZHzhlike 'j' in 'judge' (retroflex)
chCHchlike 'ch' in 'church' (retroflex)
shSHshlike 'sh' in 'shoe' (retroflex)
rRrlike 'r' in 'run' (retroflex)
zZzlike 'ds' in 'kids'
cCclike 'ts' in 'bits'
sSslike 's' in 'sun'
yYylike 'y' in 'yes'
wWwlike 'w' in 'wet'