55 - Basic characters, components and radicals: The building blocks of Chinese, part 2

Most Chinese characters are compounds consisting of two or more components, but some components are in themselves compounds that can be further broken down. But how do you know where to stop? And how do you learn and remember the most basic building blocks? Basic characters, components and radicals: The building blocks of Chinese, part 2 https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-building-blocks-of-chinese-part-2-basic-characters-components-and-radicals/ Tags: #learnchinese #characters #vocabulary #buildingblocks #components #radicals Link to The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters (use code "hacking25" for 25% off): https://www.outlier-linguistics.com/collections/chinese/products/outlier-dictionary-of-chinese-characters?rfsn=4170716.4415dd ...and my review: https://www.hackingchinese.com/review-the-outlier-linguistics-dictionary-of-chinese-characters-with-discount-code/ Link to Skritter (will give you 10% off): https://www.hackingchinese.com/skritter-discount ...and my review: https://www.hackingchinese.com/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning/ Listen to this and other episodes on your favourite podcasting platform, including Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Google Podcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify and YouTube: https://www.hackingchinese.com/podcast More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found over at https://www.hackingchinese.com Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)