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Alphabet 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)
| Caractère | Nom | Romanisation | Prononciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 一 | Héng (Horizontal) | héng | flat horizontal stroke |
| 丨 | Shù (Vertical) | shù | straight downward stroke |
| 丿 | Piě (Left-falling) | piě | stroke falling to the left |
| ㇏ | Nà (Right-falling) | nà | stroke falling to the right |
| 丶 | Diǎn (Dot) | diǎn | short dot stroke |
| 乙 | Zhé (Turning) | zhé | stroke with a turn |
| 亅 | Gōu (Hook) | gōu | stroke with a hook |
Common Radicals (部首)
| Caractère | Nom | Romanisation | Prononciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | Rén (Person) | rén | rún |
| 口 | Kǒu (Mouth) | kǒu | koh |
| 手 | Shǒu (Hand) | shǒu | shoh |
| 水 | Shuǐ (Water) | shuǐ | shway |
| 火 | Huǒ (Fire) | huǒ | hwoh |
| 木 | Mù (Tree) | mù | moo |
| 日 | Rì (Sun/Day) | rì | rr |
| 月 | Yuè (Moon/Month) | yuè | yweh |
| 山 | Shān (Mountain) | shān | shahn |
| 土 | Tǔ (Earth) | tǔ | too |
| 金 | Jīn (Gold/Metal) | jīn | jeen |
| 心 | Xīn (Heart) | xīn | sheen |
| 目 | Mù (Eye) | mù | moo |
| 耳 | Ěr (Ear) | ěr | ar |
| 足 | Zú (Foot) | zú | dzoo |
| 女 | Nǚ (Woman) | nǚ | nyoo |
| 子 | Zǐ (Child) | zǐ | dzur |
| 门 | Mén (Door) | mén | mun |
| 虫 | Chóng (Insect) | chóng | chong |
| 鱼 | Yú (Fish) | yú | yoo |
Pinyin Initials (声母)
| Caractère | Nom | Romanisation | Prononciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | B | b | like 'b' in 'ball' (unaspirated) |
| p | P | p | like 'p' in 'park' (aspirated) |
| m | M | m | like 'm' in 'moon' |
| f | F | f | like 'f' in 'fun' |
| d | D | d | like 'd' in 'day' (unaspirated) |
| t | T | t | like 't' in 'top' (aspirated) |
| n | N | n | like 'n' in 'no' |
| l | L | l | like 'l' in 'love' |
| g | G | g | like 'g' in 'go' (unaspirated) |
| k | K | k | like 'k' in 'king' (aspirated) |
| h | H | h | like 'h' in 'hat' |
| j | J | j | like 'j' in 'jeep' |
| q | Q | q | like 'ch' in 'cheer' |
| x | X | x | like 'sh' in 'she' |
| zh | ZH | zh | like 'j' in 'judge' (retroflex) |
| ch | CH | ch | like 'ch' in 'church' (retroflex) |
| sh | SH | sh | like 'sh' in 'shoe' (retroflex) |
| r | R | r | like 'r' in 'run' (retroflex) |
| z | Z | z | like 'ds' in 'kids' |
| c | C | c | like 'ts' in 'bits' |
| s | S | s | like 's' in 'sun' |
| y | Y | y | like 'y' in 'yes' |
| w | W | w | like 'w' in 'wet' |