40 宀 roof
41 寸 inch
42 小 (⺌, ⺍) small
43 尢 (尤, 尣) lame
44 尸 corpse
45 屮 sprout
46 山 mountain
47 巛(川， くく） river
48 工 carpenter’s rule
49 已(己，巳) self
50 巾 turban
51 干 dry
52 幺 short thread
53 广 roof with wall
54 廴 long stride
55 廾 twenty
56 弋 dart
57 弓 bow
58 彐（彑） pig’s head
59 彡 hair
60 彳 step
4 STROKES
61 心 (忄, ⺗) heart
62 戈 halberd
63 戸（戸， 户） doorway
64 手 (扌, 龵) hand
65 支 branch
66 攵 (攴) strike
67 文 script
68 斗 dipper
69 斤 axe
70 方 square
71 无(旡) crooked heaven
72 日 sun
73 曰 say
74 月(月) moon
75 木 tree
76 欠 lack
77 止 stop
78 歹(歺) death
79 殳 weapon
80 毋 (母) mother
81 比 compare
82 毛 hair
83 氏 clan
84 气 steam
85 水 (氵, 氺) water
86 火 (灬) fire
87 爪 (爫, 爫, 爫) claw
88 父 father
89 爻 mix
90 爿(丬) left side
91 片 right side
92 牙 tooth
93 牛 (牜, ⺧) cow
94 犬(犭) dog; animal
95 玄 dark
96 王 (玉, 玊, 王) king
97 瓜 melon
5 STROKES
98 瓦 tile
99 甘 sweet
100 生 life
101 用(甩) use
102 田 field
103 疋 (⺪) cloth
104 疒 sickness
105 癶 footsteps
106 白 white
107 皮 skin
108 皿 dish
109 目 eye
110 矛 spear
111 矢 arrow
112 石 stone
113 示 (礻) god
114 禸 track
115 禾 grain
116 穴 cave
117 立 stand
6 STROKES
118 竹(⺮) bamboo
119 米 rice
120 糸(糹) thread
121 缶 pottery
122 罒(网，罓网) net
123 羊 (⺶, ⺷) sheep
124 羽 feather
125 耂(老， 耂） old
126 而 rake
127 来 plow
128 耳 ear
129 聿 (⺻) brush
130 肉(月，月) meat
131 臣 minister
132 自 self
133 至 arrive
134 臼 mortar
135 舌 tongue
136 舛 opposite
137 舟 boat
138 艮 stopping
139 色 color
140 艹 (艸, 䒑) grass; flower
141 虍 tiger
142 虫 insect
143 血 blood
144 行 go
145 衣(衤) clothes
146 西（而， 覀) west
7 STROKES
147 見 see
148 角 horn
149 言 (訁) speech
150 谷 valley
151 豆 bean
152 豕 Pig
153 豸 cat
154 貝 shell; money
155 赤 red
156 走（赱， 走） run
157 足 (⻊) foot
158 身 body
159 車 cart
160 辛 spicy
161 辰 morning
162 ⻌ (辵, 辶) walk
163 邑(阝) town; city wall
164 酉 alcohol
165 釆 divide
166 里 village
8 STROKES
167 金(金) gold; metal
168 長 (镸) long
169 門 gate
170 阜(阝) mound
171 隶 slave
172 隹 short-tailed bird
173 雨 (⻗) rain
174 青 (靑) green
175 非 wrong
9 STROKES
176 面 (靣) face
177 革 leather
178 韋 tanned leather
179 韭 leek
180 音 sound
181 頁 head
182 風 (⺇) wind
183 飛 fly
184 食 (飠) food
185 首 neck
186 香 fragrant
10 STROKES
187 馬 horse
188 骨 bone
189 高 (髙) tall
190 髟 hair
191 鬥 fight
192 鬯 herbs
193 鬲 tripod
194 鬼 demon
11 STROKES
195 魚 fish
196 鳥 bird
197 鹵 salt
198 鹿 deer
199 麦（麥） wheat
200 麻 hemp
12 STROKES
201 黄 (黃) yellow
202 黍 millet
203 黒(黑) black
204 黹 embroidery
13 STROKES
205 黽 frog
206 鼎 kettle
207 鼓 drum
208 鼠 rat
14 STROKES
209 鼻 nose
210 齊 even
15-17 STROKES
211 歯（齒） tooth
212 竜（龍） dragon
213 亀（龜） turtle
214 龠 flute
VOCABULARY NOTES
Other Titles of Interest
from Stone Bridge Press
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BOOKS BY LARRY HERZBERG AND QIN XUE HERZBERG
Speak and Read Chinese: Fun Mnemonic Devices for Remembering Chinese Words and Their Tones
Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar: A Student’s Guide to Correct Structures and Common Errors
Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings: With Observations on Culture and Language
China Survival Guide: How to Avoid Travel Troubles and Mortifying Mishaps
ADDITIONAL TITLES
Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar and Structure
by Wayne P. Lammers
Crazy for Kanji: A Student’s Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters
by Eve Kushner
Kanji Box: Japanese Character Collection
by Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz
Kanji Pict-o-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics
by Michael Rowley
Michael Rowley’s Kanji Pictographix Dragon Book: Blood, Fire, and Spirit
by Michael Rowley
Kanji Starter (volumes 1 and 2)
by Daiki Kusuya
Japaneseness: A Guide to Values and Virtues
by Yoji Yamakuse
Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women
by Kittredge Cherry
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