Explore With Mandarin Radicals is a unique introductory Chinese language program tailored for audiences interested in Chinese culture. Through real-life travel, interactive sharing, and hands-on exploration, the show guides viewers in using visual and textual cues to understand their usage.
12:30Fire is a common radical in Mandarin characters with shapes that represent the light and flame produced when things are burnt. The four-stroke symbol of flames flickering upwards c
14:30The Mandarin character for hand is a pictograph of the human hand. The image of a wrist with five slightly bent fingers eventually evolved into the current character with much easi
12:50The Mandarin character for water is a pictogram depicting a flowing river with splashing droplets. Over time, the river in the middle was straightened for convenience, and the drop
15:00The Mandarin character for wood is a pictograph depicting the shape of a tree. The middle part represents the trunk with branches extending upwards on both sides and roots extendin
14:20The Mandarin character for soil is a pictograph. The horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the ground, while the shape above represents a raised clump of soil. The modern char
14:00The Mandarin character for knife is a pictograph depicting the original form of a knife with a blade edge and handle. The pictograph was gradually simplified for convenience into a
14:10The Mandarin character for rice is a pictogram depicting an image of a stem with six grains of rice. The two dots in the middle were later connected for convenience and eventually
13:20The Mandarin character for mountain is a pictograph based on physical representations of three mountain peaks standing together. Over time, the character evolved by simplifying the