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M3Unit2 Project
Designing a booklet
Can you make out any of these Chinese characters?
shapes or pictures
方块字
月 moon
日sun
山mountain
水water
马horse
鸟bird
人man
口mouth
square words
木
燕
禾
泉
舟
车
网
鱼
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
1When did Chinese writing begin?
A thousands of years ago B millions of years ago
2Who invented it?
A Cailun B Cangjie
3When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters?
A in the 1950s B in the 1850s
Fast reading
仓颉, 汉字的创始人,是古代神话传说中黄帝的史官。据说刻在兽骨和龟甲上的文字也是由他发明的,他被尊为 “造字圣人”。
Cang Jie, who is believed to have invented Chinese characters, worked as an official under the Yellow Emperor in ancient China. It is said that the inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells were also invented by him. He has been taken as a legendary figure in Chinese history and culture.
Careful reading
Para 2
Cangjie
thousands of years ago;
one winter day
hunting
footprints of birds and animals in the snow;each one was different
use different shapes or pictures to represent different objects
Who
When
What was he doing
What did he see?
What was his idea?
hunting+footprints characters
One winter day, a man named…
Part 2-3
combining
forms
sound
picture
up, down
rest,
prisoner
mountain , sun, moon
ideas
directions
pronunciation
square characters
What to express formation examples development
objects
-words drawings
__________two or more elements
Their ________indicate the meaning
one, two
numbers
With one part showing______ 指,故
three peaks together
one peak and three lines
Consolidation
山
山的象形字原来是三座山峰,接着变为一座山峰和三根线条,最终才演化成我们今天使用的“山”。
The pictograph (象形文字) for __________ was __________________ together. This became _________________________and eventually turned into the word______ today.
a mountain
three peaks
one peak and three lines
used
休 rest
“休”这个汉字就是将“人”和“木”这两个汉字相加在一起组成的。
Rest ____________ by ________ the characters for ______ and _______ together.
was made
putting
a man
a tree
prisoner 囚
a man inside a square
The character ”prisoner” was ________with the symbol for ________inside __________.
“囚”这个汉字就是将表达“人”的这个符号放在一个方格中形成的。
formed
a man
a square
Please put two or more characters together to make
a new character to match the English word.
crowd
目
木
三
田
人
人
口
人
水
人
prisoner
man sharp
木
大
木
小
木
子
田
力
女
good
forest
bright dirt sit
日
月
人
木
土
小
人
人
土
rest
How to describe a Chinese character
1 Which character
3 How is it formed and how has it developed over time?
2Where did you get the information?
4What can its form or development tell people?
According to…/I got the information from…
Originally… later… eventually…
consists of …/ be made of../look like…
It puts two parts together ,one part indicating… the other part showing…
It indicates/means(表明)…
According to the Chinese textbook,”jia”,or_____ in English, originally combined one part indicating_________ and the other indicating______. Having _____ to live in and raising several ___ means the family lives a very ___ and ____ life.
Pigs, which ____ people with pork
____ an important part in ancient China._____ meat to eat means that people’s basic needs were _____, which was the most important thing.
family
a house
a pig
a house
pigs
happy
rich
provide
played
Having
met
家
Homework
Write a short composition about the formation and development of a Chinese character.
Suggestions on which character to write