Build it: make Chinese characters from their parts
Put two parts together and find the character they make, like 女 + 子 = 好. Then try it the other way round and break a character into its parts.
English and pinyin are hidden so you think in Chinese. Tap a blurred word to peek.
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All the characters in this game
Pictures together
- 亻 + 木 = 休xiū, rest
- 木 + 木 = 林lín, woods
- 女 + 子 = 好hǎo, good
- 日 + 月 = 明míng, bright
- 田 + 力 = 男nán, man
- 宀 + 女 = 安ān, safe, peaceful
- 手 + 目 = 看kàn, look
- ナ + 又 = 友yǒu, friend
- 八 + 刀 = 分fēn, divide; minute
- 亻 + 言 = 信xìn, trust; letter
- 门 + 口 = 问wèn, ask
Trickier parts
- 宀 + 豕 = 家jiā, home, family
- ナ + 月 = 有yǒu, have
- 目 + 儿 = 见jiàn, see, meet
- 一 + 止 = 正zhèng, straight, correct
- 木 + 日 = 东dōng, east
- 亻 + 匕 = 北běi, north
- 宀 + 子 = 字zì, character, word
- 讠 + 舌 = 话huà, speech, words
- 厂 + 口 = 石shí, stone
- 囗 + 玉 = 国guó, country
Sound parts
- 女 + 马 = 妈mā, mum
- 口 + 马 = 吗ma, question word
- 亻 + 也 = 他tā, he
- 女 + 也 = 她tā, she
- 亻 + 门 = 们men, plural marker
- 亻 + 尔 = 你nǐ, you
- 口 + 乞 = 吃chī, eat
- 口 + 曷 = 喝hē, drink
- 讠 + 兑 = 说shuō, speak, say
- 艹 + 早 = 草cǎo, grass
- 艹 + 化 = 花huā, flower
- 父 + 巴 = 爸bà, dad
- 日 + 寸 = 时shí, time, hour
- 一 + 白 = 百bǎi, hundred
- 相 + 心 = 想xiǎng, think; want
About Build it
How does the Build it game work?
Each round either shows two parts and asks which character they make, like 女 + 子 = 好, or shows a character and asks you to pick the two parts it is built from. Characters are read aloud when you get them right.
What age is it for?
It is made for children from about five, playing with a parent, up to twelve playing alone. Turn off English and pinyin to practise thinking in Chinese, and tap a blurred word to peek.