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Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese. Each character represents a word or a meaningful part of the word.

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The character 人 (rén) means 'person'. It is one of the most basic characters and is pictographic in nature, resembling a standing person.

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水 (shuǐ) means 'water'. The character's structure symbolizes flowing water.

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火 (huǒ) means 'fire'. The character's shape looks like flames shooting upwards.

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Practice writing the basic characters you've learned: 人, 水, and 火. Pay attention to stroke order and character proportion.

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Combining characters forms new words. 水 (water) + 果 (fruit) = 水果 (shuǐguǒ), meaning 'fruit'.

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火 (fire) + 山 (mountain) = 火山 (huǒshān), meaning 'volcano'.

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日 (sun) + 本 (origin) = 日本 (Rìběn), meaning 'Japan'.

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Use online dictionaries and translation tools to explore more combinations. Websites like MDBG and YellowBridge are helpful.

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Character dictionaryHelp

The character dictionary contains information about single Chinese characters. Each entry in the character dictionary consists of a Chinese character, radical / stroke count, English definition, Mandarin pinyin pronunciation, Yale & Jyutping Cantonese pronunciation, simplified / traditional variants and cangjie.

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English to Chinese dictionary with Mandarin Pinyin & Handwriting Recognition - learn Chinese faster with MDBG!