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#hebrewlanguage #aspiringpolyglot #notes
hey, you answered one of my posts about reading/writing chinese, and you mentioned studying radicals. why is that? (my guess would be for mnemonic purposes and maybe using a chinese dictionary?) thank you!
Hi! Radicals (and just common parts of characters in general) are really helpful for learning to read and write Chinese. Chinese characters are usually constructed with a rhyme and reason, with parts that lend meaning and parts that lend pronunciation. Familiarizing yourself with radicals can sometimes help you guess meanings of new characters while reading and can also help you decide which of a set of similar-looking characters is the correct one to choose.
Let’s take a radical as an example. I like the radical 讠(the simplified version of 訁, which comes from the character 言 yán, meaning “speech” or “words”). Here’s a bunch of characters with that radical:语 yu3 - language话 hua4 - speech; dialect说 shuo1 - to say; to speak诗 shi1 - poem讲 jiang3 - to talk谢 xie4 - to thank课 ke4 - class; lesson词 ci2 - word请 qing3 - please; to invite读 du2 - to read讽 feng3 - to satirize谅 liang4 - to show understanding; to excuse议 yi4 - to comment on; to discuss谓 wei4 - to say谈 tan2 - to discussThis is by no means an exhaustive list, and some are more of a stretch than others, but see how these characters all have something to do with words or speaking? So knowing some radicals helps associate meaning with an otherwise fairly arbitrary character, and can help you guess at new words when you’re in a pinch.
And the more Chinese characters you get familiar with, the more you’ll find that radicals aren’t the only parts they can share. There are many characters that remain the same with only the radical switched out, changing the meaning but keeping the pronunciation similar or even exactly the same. Let’s take, for example, 里 li3:理 li3 - logic; to pay attention to/to manage哩 li - (final modal particle)厘 li2 - one hundredth; centi-狸 li2 - fox-like animal鲤 li3 - carp锂 li3 - lithium俚 li3 - rustic娌 li3 - (used in 妯娌 zhou2 li to mean sisters-in-law)浬 li3 - nautical mileSo you can take 里 and add different radicals to it and still have it be pronounced like “li” (though sometimes with different tones). This gives you a fair chance at guessing pronunciation when reading new words aloud, and it gives you a familiar base to build from when learning new characters - you don’t really need to “learn how” to write it so much as just remember what parts go together. Occasionally you may come across an exception (for example, 埋 mai2, meaning “to bury”, which sounds nothing like “li”), but generally speaking, you can usually get close.
Of course, this kind of familiarity is something that comes with time, so try not to overwhelm yourself with it. I’m still learning myself and did a fair amount of dictionary-checking while writing this response. Take it a few radicals at a time, and also don’t feel pressured to learn every character you can find with a given radical, especially if you’re using an online dictionary or dictionary app - Some of the characters you find there may be obscure or archaic and won’t be of much use to you.
I hope this helps! Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions!
Radicals 🌸
🌿🐔 𝙂𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙖 🍕 One of the first meals I cooked for my now husband when we were dating was a chicken pesto pizza made with love in a toaster oven. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙.💀 I was living in a small studio apartment in Oakland 🌳 and 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 included a 20 dollar hot plate, a small food processor that I got for 10 bucks at Longs Piedmont, and a red toaster oven on clearance because apparently 𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚. 🥴 I gathered my ingredients, made pesto from scratch and turn that bitch out! Later I introduced him to 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚’𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙙𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩. It was my spot when I lived across the street. Sadly that location is no longer there. 😔 So, yeah that’s how chicken pesto pizza just like chai tea lattes became 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 👩🏻 🍕👨🏻 And yes, I still have the red toaster oven which reheats leftovers because I 🅗🅐🅣🅔 the microwave. Ok I need chai now. ✌🏼 - 𝙄𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 - 🍞 @bobsredmill Gluten Free Pizza Dough 🌿 @mezzeta and @aldiusa Priano pesto alla Genovese 🧀 @Sprouts Mauro & Gianni Fresh Mozzarella 🌶 Red peppers 🧅 Red Onions 🌿 Fresh Basil 🍴 EVOO 💕✨ #allezelizabeth 🗣 #aspiringpolyglot 🌎🗣 #languagelearningisfun 👩🏻💻 #foodietechie 🗣 #learnalanguage 🤓 #learnsomethingneweveryday 🍴 #culinaryschooldropout ✈️ #travelthroughfood 🦠 #quarantineme 💁🏻♀️ #mysocallife 🍴 #organicingredients 🍽 #eatwellandbemerry 🍕#pizzaislife 🌳 #oaklandwelcomesyou 👑 #icancookcirclesaroundyou 😷 #wearyourfuckingmask ✈️ #ivegotplacestogoyoufucks 🍵 #chaiormatcha 🌾 #glutenfreelifestyle 💸 #ALDIFinds 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩!! Status Spacer for iOS and Android 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. (𝚙𝚜𝚜𝚝...𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢.) iOS ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpaceriOS Android ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpacerAndroid 👾 #StatusSpacer ⬅️⬅️⬅️ (at Murrieta, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CENimzxpqVA/?igshid=1h0zb0li9roeb
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒈𝒈𝒈𝒈𝒈!! 🐗 ...and yes this wild boar burger was the shiznittle bam snip snap sack. 𝑴𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇: 𝑵𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. You know, I wish I didn’t have to cook everything from scratch (even though I 🅛🅞🅥🅔 to cook) and keep track of every little item that enters my body. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 health scares and illness will do that to you. 🤷🏻♀️ 🗣 𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒖𝒙𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. ➡️ If you don’t eat well, you’ll get sick. And if you get sick, you’re stuck on a pill schedule. ⬅️ 𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈. 🙄 🅕🅨🅘 : I obviously manage, but shit is fucked up! In order to disrupt the food industry and big pharma we gotta stop voting for shit that’s killing us. 𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒔. 🤖 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝒙𝒐 💕✨ #allezelizabeth 🗣 #aspiringpolyglot 🌎🗣 #languagelearning 👩🏻💻 #digitalnomad 🗣 #learnalanguage 🤓 #learnsomethingnew 🍴 #travelforfood ✈️ #worldcitizen 🦠 #quarantineme 💁🏻♀️ #mysocallife 👩🏻🍳 #culinaryschooldropout 🌿 #grassfedonlyplease 🌳 #cleaneating 🌿 #notreallyvegan 🐷 #thepigisamagicalanimal 🌈 #equalityforall 🗳 #youbetterfuckingvote 🥴 #wellthisisawkward 🤷🏻♀️ #ihadtotellyouthetruth ♐️ #sagittariusrising 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩!! Status Spacer for iOS and Android 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. (𝚙𝚜𝚜𝚝...𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢.) iOS ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpaceriOS Android ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpacerAndroid 👾 #StatusSpacer ⬅️⬅️⬅️ (at Organic Roots) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD5O-ZBpAqx/?igshid=znmd9qqmzu6x
🥴 𝓢𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓶𝔂 𝓐𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓼! 🥴 I decided to just make my own ras el hanout (الحانوت راس ) mix cuz a bitch was craving some Middle Eastern food. Besides, cooking with rosewater makes me feel fancy. 🥀 💕✨ #allezelizabeth 🗣 #aspiringpolyglot 🌎🗣 #languagelearning 👩🏻💻 #digitalnomad 🗣 #learnalanguage 🤓 #learnsomethingnew 🍴 #travelforfood ✈️ #worldcitizen 🦠 #quarantineme 💁🏻♀️ #mysocallife 🍴 #middleeasterncuisine 🍽 #homechefstyle ✨ #tryingsomethingscaryandnew 😷 #wearyourfuckingmaskmeatbags ✈️ #ivegotplacestogotoo 🐑 #lambchopsplayalong 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧? 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩!! Status Spacer for iOS and Android 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. iOS ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpaceriOS Android ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpacerAndroid 👾 #StatusSpacer ⬅️⬅️⬅️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxc5WrpqbE/?igshid=1trin18n5p1cs
𝐌𝐞: 𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺! 🍕👏🏼 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞: 𝘠𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘺!!! 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘭 𝐌𝐞: 𝘓𝘮𝘧𝘢𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. So this was my first time using gluten free dough. LORT. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲? 𝐨𝐎𝐅 😓 I used a mat, the rolling pin I didn’t realize I had bought 😊 and plastic wrap. I know, boooo. It started out a perfect circle and then became squoval once it hit the pizza stone. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐅 𝐭𝐡𝐨. 😋 Served with an antipasto salad. 🇮🇹 𝘈 𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢 🇮🇹 💕✨ #allezelizabeth 🗣 #aspiringpolyglot 🌎🗣 #languagelearning 👩🏻💻 #digitalnomad 🗣 #learnalanguage 🤓 #learnsomethingnew 🍴 #travelforfood ✈️ #worldcitizen 🦠 #quarantineme 💁🏻♀️ #mysocallife 🍴 #organicingredients 🍽 #eatwellandbemerry 🍕#pizzaislife 🇮🇹 #takemetoromeplease 🇮🇹 #ishouldbeinitalyrightnow 😷 #wearyourfuckingmask ✈️ #ivegotplacestogoyoufucks 🚗 #fiatorvespa 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩!! Status Spacer for iOS and Android 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. iOS ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpaceriOS Android ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpacerAndroid 👾 #StatusSpacer ⬅️⬅️⬅️ (at Murrieta, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDp4tTUJ7Yg/?igshid=we5nf1e6ygr6
I woke up to this at my doorstep and just in time for brunch 🍳 🥂. My friends are the shit and know that the way to my heart ❤️ is through my stomach. 🥴💁🏻♀️ 📝 The note card read: 𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞. 🌶 If you’ve always wondered how much I love hot sauce, well now you know. These are perfect to carry in my purse. 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. Thank you @miss_evie_j! 💋 💕✨ #allezelizabeth 🗣 #aspiringpolyglot 🌎🗣 #languagelearning 👩🏻💻 #digitalnomad 🗣 #learnalanguage 🤓 #learnsomethingnew 🍴 #travelforfood ✈️ #worldcitizen 🦠 #quarantineme 💁🏻♀️ #mysocalledlife 🌷 #itsabeautifullife 🌶 #hotsaucequeen 🌶 #hotsaucelife 🔥 #fireinmybelly 🌍 #flavorsoftheworld 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩!! Status Spacer for iOS and Android 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. iOS ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpaceriOS Android ⇢ https://bit.ly/StatusSpacerAndroid 👾 #StatusSpacer ⬅️⬅️⬅️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDHc0zip_wo/?igshid=17nghw4d6fj2a