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🔥 Character Families

Level up with Mi Xiaoquan's animated character families: discover how the fire, water, wood and metal radicals build whole families of characters — the superpower behind reading hundreds of new words.

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  1. Lesson 1: The Fire Family: 火 — video preview
    Lesson 1 · ~15 min

    The Fire Family: 火

    Everything hot starts with 火 (fire)! Watch how the fire radical sparks a whole family of characters about light, heat and cooking.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  2. Lesson 2: The Water Family: 水 — video preview
    Lesson 2 · ~11 min

    The Water Family: 水

    Splash! 水 (water) turns into three little drops 氵 when it joins other characters — building a family of rivers, lakes and seas.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  3. Lesson 3: The Treasure Family: 贝 — video preview
    Lesson 3 · ~12 min

    The Treasure Family: 贝

    Long ago, shells were money! That's why 贝 (shell) appears in characters about buying, selling and precious things.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  4. Lesson 4: The People Family: 人 — video preview
    Lesson 4 · ~12 min

    The People Family: 人

    人 (person) becomes the slim 亻 when standing beside other characters — building a family of words about people and what they do.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  5. Lesson 5: The Wood Family: 木 — video preview
    Lesson 5 · ~13 min

    The Wood Family: 木

    木 (wood/tree) is a drawing of a tree — trunk, branches and roots. Its family covers trees, forests and things made of wood.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  6. Lesson 6: The Earth Family: 土 — video preview
    Lesson 6 · ~13 min

    The Earth Family: 土

    土 (earth/soil) is the ground under your feet. Its family builds everything from 地 (ground) to 城 (city walls) — all made of earth!

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  7. Lesson 7: The Metal Family: 金 — video preview
    Lesson 7 · ~12 min

    The Metal Family: 金

    金 (gold/metal) shrinks into 钅 beside other characters, building a family of shiny things: money, silver, clocks and needles.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions

  8. Lesson 8: The Grass Family: 艹 — video preview
    Lesson 8 · ~13 min

    The Grass Family: 艹

    Graduation! The grass-hat radical 艹 sits on top of plant characters — 花 (flower), 草 (grass), 茶 (tea) — now you can spot every green word.

    1 video · 4 words · 6 questions