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How to Write "Pig" in Chinese Symbols

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Summary: Learn how to write "pig" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on Chinese characters in this free language video clip

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Xi Chen got her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was newly appointed program...read more

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"Now let's learn the Chinese word for pig, "zhu". In the character" zhu", we can see the left is the animal radical. There is many animal words that contain this radical. And the left or the right part is the pronunciation part. And independently it's pronunciation is "zhe". But we think that's "zhu", and "zhe", they are similar pronunciations. So that's why we say this is the pronunciation radical. Okay, let's write it again. This is the animal radical here. The last stroke is the left falling. And we finish the top first and then in the middle, this is a very long left falling stroke. And this is the last part. Pig, zhu."

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