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Students are expected to independently read all 62 characters by the end of the year.
Students are expected to independently write 40 characters by the end of the year. Students do not need to write asterisked (*) characters.
Two characters will be taught each week.
Handy resource: Stroke orders of all the K characters
| Chinese Character | Meaning | Jytuping Prounciation |
| 喜歡 | like | hei2 fun1 |
| 看見* | see | hon3 gin3 |
| 一 | one | jat1 |
| 二 | two | ji6 |
| 三 | three | saam1 |
| 四 | four | sei3 |
| 五 | five | ng5 |
| 六 | six | luk6 |
| 七 | seven | cat1 |
| 八 | eight | baat3 |
| 九 | nine | gau2 |
| 十 | ten | sap6 |
| 山 | mountain | saan1 |
| 高* | high/tall | gou1 |
| 的 | belonging to | dik1 |
| 人 | person | jan4 |
| 個* | measure word for unit; piece | go3 |
| 大 | big | daai6 |
| 上 | up | soeng6 |
| 下 | down | haa6 |
| 在* | at | zoi6 |
| 有 | have | jau5 |
| 手 | hand | sau2 |
| 很* | very | han2 |
| 隻* | measure word for certain animals, containers, small boats, paired things, etc | zek3 |
| 小 | small | siu2 |
| 口 | mouth | hau2 |
| 孩* | child | haai4 |
| 家* | family | gaa1 |
| 日 | day | jat6 |
| 也* | also | jaa5 |
| 我 | I/me | ngo5 |
| 指* | finger | zi2 |
| 月 | moon/month | jyut6 |
| 兩* | two/pair | loeng5 |
| 水 | water | seoi2 |
| 來* | come | loi4 |
| 是 | is | si6 |
| 女 | female | neoi5 |
| 媽* | mother | maa1 |
| 爸* | father | baa1 |
| 馬 | horse | maa5 |
| 朋友 | friend | pang4 jau5 |
| 去 | go | heoi3 |
| 這* | this | ze3 |
| 火 | fire | fo2 |
| 不* | no/not | bat1 |
| 你 | you | nei5 |
| 們* | an adjunct to a pronoun or noun to indicate plurality | mun4 |
| 心 | heart | sam1 |
| 鳥* | bird | niu5 |
| 天 | sky | tin1 |
| 地* | ground | dei6 |
| 花 | flower | faa1 |
| 朵* | measure word for flowers and clouds | do2 |
| 果 | fruit | guo3 |
| 星 | star | sing1 |
| 他／她 | he/she | taa1 |
| 男 | male | naam4 |
| 雨 | rain | jyu5 |
| 木 | wood | muk6 |
| 和* | and | wo4 |
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This page was last updated on August 9, 2020