🔥 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.
Lesson 1 · ~15 minThe 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
Lesson 2 · ~11 minThe 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
Lesson 3 · ~12 minThe 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
Lesson 4 · ~12 minThe 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
Lesson 5 · ~13 minThe 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
Lesson 6 · ~13 minThe 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
Lesson 7 · ~12 minThe 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
Lesson 8 · ~13 minThe 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