The “man” radical indicates the which means, the correct part, 也 (22, above) at one time steered the sound. be aware the good judgment of the writing approach: the “man” radical happens within the personality for “he, him,” the “woman” radical within the personality for “she, her. ” 他们 tāmen they; them (masculine and/or female) [A] five p1-50-_RWC 1208. indd five 4/16/12 10:33:49 AM 25–29 • easy CHARACTERS 门 25 three strokes 们 26 five strokes 手 27 four strokes 扌 28 three strokes 弋 MÉN, gate. GATE radical (46) [A] L2 an image. Its resemblance to a gate is probably not transparent, however the conventional shape (see reduce righthand nook of this body) in actual fact resembles the swinging saloon doorways in outdated Westerns. It happens as an self sustaining personality and skill “gate, door, front. ” Distinguish from “borders” (8, p. 2). 大门 dàmén gate 门卫 ménwèi front safeguard; doorkeeper 門 MÉN, pluralizing suffix for pronouns and for sure nouns [A] Mén is used with nouns and pronouns relating humans: the “side-man” radical for that means; mén (25, above) for sound. 她们 tāmen they, them (feminine) [A] 他们 tāmen they, them (masculine and/or female) [A] 們 SHǑU, hand. HAND radical (111) [A] Shǒu usually happens as an autonomous personality which means “hand”; it could possibly additionally happen as part of characters. The form扌(see 28, under) used to be thought of a version of 27 right here, however it is now a separate radical (55) and will be referred to as “sidehand” to differentiate it. 手指 shǒuzhǐ finger L5 手套 shǒutào gloves L5 SHǑU, hand. SIDE-HAND radical (55) characteristically, this type was once thought of a version of the “hand” radical (27, above), yet in glossy dictionaries, it's categorized as a separate radical. the shape the following (扌) doesn't look as an autonomous personality. Distinguish from “thumb” 寸 (237, p. forty eight) and from “then” 才 (689, p. 138). YÌ, dart. DART radical (56) The “dart” radical is an image. Han-Ying Cidian defines it as “a retrievable arrow with string hooked up” and calls it “bookish. ” examine the “lance” radical (30, p. 7) and learn how to distinguish “lance” from “dart. ” 29 three strokes 6 p1-50-_RWC 1208. indd 6 4/12/12 10:08:04 AM BASIC CHARACTERS • 30–34 戈 30 four strokes 我 31 7 strokes 找 GĒ, lance. LANCE radical (101) The “lance” radical is an image. observe that “lance” has yet one more stroke than “dart,” on the backside. In museums you will see that the outdated weapon known as “gē” had a blade like this on the reduce finish. The weapon can be also known as a “dagger-ax. ” 戈壁 gēbì barren region WǑ, I, me [A] L1 initially the identify of a weapon just like a lance, present that means through sound-loan. the coed may still discover ways to distinguish 我 wǒ from 找 zhǎo “look for” (32, below). Wǒ is “hand” + “lance”; zhǎo is “side-hand” + “lance. ” 我们 wǒmen we, us [A] L1 ZHǍO, to seem for; to go to; to offer swap [A] L2 the scholar may still distinguish zhǎo from wǒ 我 (31, above). 寻找 xúnzhǎo to seem for L5 找到 zhǎodào to discover 32 7 strokes 亠 33 2 strokes 土 34 three strokes TÓU, lid. LID radical (9) initially, tóu had a extra normal which means: “above; a specific thing that is going on best of anything else, overlaying. ” it can be more straightforward to recollect as “lid” since it seems like a lid.