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Say: pronounced Yan, originally trumpet-shaped. Language activities

Chang: pronounced "Han", it was originally a hieroglyph protruding from a cliff and related to rocks.

Moo: pronounced fang, it is a hieroglyph of a square musical instrument (box). It means that the utensils for loading things are related to collecting things.

Ghost: pronounced Gui, it was originally a hieroglyph of a big-headed man, which is generally related to ghosts and superstitions.

Chi: pronounced as Biao, long hair is fluttering, which is generally related to hair.

Rhyme: pronounced as "three strokes", it was originally an pictograph of several hairs, which was generally related to hair and patterns.

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The function of literacy radicals: literacy radicals are distinctive word-formation components in Chinese characters: strong word-formation ability and high utilization rate. A "three-component water" can be combined with other ingredients to form more than 500 words. Literacy radicals generally have names, which is convenient for teaching. Generally speaking, it has obvious significance and can help students understand the meaning of words and memorize glyphs.

Radical and radical are not the same meaning, but primary and secondary school teachers usually put them together, and according to the traditional saying that Chinese characters develop from single characters to combined characters, radicals will occur. Each compound word consists of at least two radicals. Because most Chinese characters are left and right structures, the left side is called deviation and the right side is called side. Later, people used to refer to different parts of the left, right, upper and lower as radicals.

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