First 20 Chinese Characters Worksheet

These twenty characters are where nearly every Chinese course begins: the numbers one to ten, then the handful of pictographs that still look like the thing they mean — 人 a walking person, 山 three peaks, 日 the sun. They are simple enough to write on day one and common enough that you will meet them again in almost every sentence you read.

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First 20 Chinese Characters Worksheet

Name ______________ Date __________

one; single
èrtwo; 2
sānthree; 3
four; 4
five; 5
liùsix; 6
seven; 7
eight; 8
jiǔnine; 9
shíten; 10
rénperson; people
big; large; great; older (than another person)
xiǎosmall; tiny
shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center
xiàdown; downwards
sun; day
yuèmoon; month
shānmountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
shuǐwater; river

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