Teaching Chinese at Home

[hquek]

IJJ:

Wan:

Anyone has a full list & name of 边旁部首? For eg. 狗, 猫 & other animals. What do u call the 边? Is there such thing as 动物边? Dun want to teach my son the wrong thing...

It is call 反犬旁.

http://youth.zaobao.com.sg/friday/pages/tu_bushou.html

Also in http://bb.iyaya.com/aixue/biji-58926.html

Aiyah! my son feed me wrong info!

[Wan]

I supposed there are different version. I rem 辶was called 坐船and 月was read as 肉字边as it is related to meat, not moon. Oh dear, getting confused…

[pokemon]

hquek:

IJJ:

[quote=\"Wan\"]Anyone has a full list & name of 边旁部首? For eg. 狗, 猫 & other animals. What do u call the 边? Is there such thing as 动物边? Dun want to teach my son the wrong thing...

It is call 反犬旁.

http://youth.zaobao.com.sg/friday/pages/tu_bushou.html

Also in http://bb.iyaya.com/aixue/biji-58926.html

Aiyah! my son feed me wrong info! :p[/quote]反犬旁 is correct name for the 部首. The following are the 部首 names that are often forgotten:

边 (走之底 )
写 (秃宝盖)
医 (三匡栏)
国 (方匡)
刷 (立刀旁)
同 (同字匡)
包 (包字头)
字 (宝盖)
饭 (食字旁)
红 (交丝旁)
服 (月字旁)
铁 (金字旁)
盒 (皿字底)
门 (门字匡)
裙 (衣字旁)
数 (反文旁)
和 (禾木旁)

[tamarind]

I have this book from Popular :


http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVaKRE9

My girl learns all the names of the 部首 from this book This is also a practice book for kids to write the 部首.

[pokemon]

tamarind:

I have this book from Popular :


http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVaKRE9

My girl learns all the names of the 部首 from this book This is also a practice book for kids to write the 部首.

Yes, my ds used that too when he was younger. Some he learnt from a set of 部首 flash cards.

[jemlth]

pokemon:

tamarind:

I have this book from Popular :


http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVaKRE9

My girl learns all the names of the 部首 from this book This is also a practice book for kids to write the 部首.

Yes, my ds used that too when he was younger. Some he learnt from a set of 部首 flash cards.

Thanks for all the links and resources! These are all really helpful. May I suggest that we go one step further to help them understand why these 部首 are named as such. Eg. 兽字旁 is very simply to do with animals. There is little sense in getting them to know what they are called but not understand the wider context of understanding the meaning and usage of the 部首.

In addition, there is a difference between 偏旁 & 部首. You can refer to this website which I find very clear in explanation. http://www.sowerclub.com/ViewTopic.php?id=143267

But in essence,
- 偏旁是字各部位的部件， 如“语”字，由“言子旁”和“吾”两个偏旁组成
- 部首是表义的偏旁 ， 如“语”字，“言子旁” 是部首。

[tamarind]

Just a note on how to use the 偏旁, 部首.


For the word 清, tell your child :
先写三点水，然后写 青， 青色的青

I remember that when I asked my MIL how to write her daughter’s name, which has the word 菁, she said one stroke from left to right, one stroke up, one stroke down, etc, I almost vomited blood. MIL did not know how to read or write Chinese except for her kids’ names.

Remembering the strokes is not the correct way to learn Chinese !

[Wan]

Just to share our progress on 汉字王.


My son is not ready to play the scrabble way which I planned as he didn’t know enough words to enjoy the game. Instead, I started from a word & link to a related word with the same 部首. Eg. 跑 I explained that it is related to 足 & leg. Then moved on to 跳 which has the same 足字边. Then I changed the 足to 逃which 兆can take a boat to escape. Then I changed the 兆to车to make 连. When i’m stuck with a word to change 部首, I simply start from another new word from 四五快读.

I find that he can rem the 部首with the illustrated way of changing parts. When he knows more words, I will move on to the scrabble game again. Perhaps with selected 部首at level 1.

[Brenda10]

Wan:

Just to share our progress on 汉字王.


My son is not ready to play the scrabble way which I planned as he didn't know enough words to enjoy the game. Instead, I started from a word & link to a related word with the same 部首. Eg. 跑 I explained that it is related to 足 & leg. Then moved on to 跳 which has the same 足字边. Then I changed the 足to 逃which 兆can take a boat to escape. Then I changed the 兆to车to make 连. When i'm stuck with a word to change 部首, I simply start from another new word from 四五快读.

I find that he can rem the 部首with the illustrated way of changing parts. When he knows more words, I will move on to the scrabble game again. Perhaps with selected 部首at level 1.

Very good method. I think you DS will acquire a lot of words based on the rate you are going. :celebrate:

[littlewoman]

Brenda10:

Wan:

Just to share our progress on 汉字王.


My son is not ready to play the scrabble way which I planned as he didn't know enough words to enjoy the game. Instead, I started from a word & link to a related word with the same 部首. Eg. 跑 I explained that it is related to 足 & leg. Then moved on to 跳 which has the same 足字边. Then I changed the 足to 逃which 兆can take a boat to escape. Then I changed the 兆to车to make 连. When i'm stuck with a word to change 部首, I simply start from another new word from 四五快读.

I find that he can rem the 部首with the illustrated way of changing parts. When he knows more words, I will move on to the scrabble game again. Perhaps with selected 部首at level 1.

Very good method. I think you DS will acquire a lot of words based on the rate you are going. :celebrate:

Hi Brenda and Wan,

Can I find out more from you about this scrabble way? Thanks!