Chinese characters

New characters

上 shàng up; above

下 xià down; below

本 běn the root of everything

“本”originally looked like a tree with a dot sign at its bottom, therefore it referred to the root of a tree.

末 mò non-fundamental; secondary

Structure

enclosure structure:四 国

The enclosure structure is a structure enclosed on all the four sides.

Radicals

囗：related to being surrounded or trapped

围 wéi to surround 困 kùn to be trapped

礻：The radical 礻 is a variant of 示, a character usually related to sacrificial rites and one’s fortune.

祝 zhù to wish 福 fú blessing

Homework

Please match the characters with the structures.

1.明 2.这 3.国4.怎 5.做 6. 高

A. left-right B. left-middle-right C. top-down D. top-middle-down E. half-enclosure F. enclosure