How Chinese Works (III) – Radicals
Chinese Character(汉字/漢字) is based on strokes 笔画/笔划(筆畫/筆劃)1. Strokes contributes radicals (偏旁部首 also AKA 偏旁 also AKA 部首), and radicals contributes characters. Here are some very important radicals which have their own meanings in it. 氵三点水 sān diǎn shuǐ – things about water and fluid, i.e.: 江(River), 河(River) 湖(Lake) 海(Sea, Ocean), 洋(Sea, Ocean. Both meanings…