How to Write Chinese Radical Characters for Mouth

Series Summary

Learning how to speak Chinese is one of the most difficult linguistic tasks a Westerner can undertake. The level of precision required in pronunciation of Chinese words is mind boggling. Additionally, writing Chinese characters is no easy task. The Chinese have one of the oldest forms of writing as well called calligraphy. This is a very difficult and complex series of lines, dots and characters that make up the Chinese alphabet. Be that as it may, it is not impossible to learn how to pronounce and how to write Chinese characters - especially if you have an expert teach you how.

In this free video series of language lessons, learn how to speak and how to write Chinese characters from expert Esther-Xiaohua Liu. She will teach you how to speak and write Chinese characters based on the "mouth" radical. Learn how to say and write words in Chinese such as summon, chatter, department, ask, scare, and spit.

Video Transcript

"In this clip, all the characters, all the words I'm going to talk about have the same radical cao tsu pang. This radical cao tsu pang. Cao means mouth. So this radical, write exactly as same as the word mouth, cao. Tsu means character. Pang here means radical. So we can guess most characters with this radical are related to mouth. For example base word read "chu." Chu means to eat. With this radical. And this word read "han." Han means to shout. Shout out. And this word read wun. This radical, inside. Wun means to ask. Also we have this word shee. Shee means inhale. Inhale, shee. They all have same radical called tsu pang."