Skip to content

Chinese Speaking Fans

Fans of Chinese and Mandarin

  • Home
  • ChineseSpeaking

hanzi

‌Why does the hanzi for “autumn” (秋) contain the radicals for “grain stalk” (禾) and “fire” (火)?

May 12, 2025 by chinesespeaking

The first character for autumn represents a cricket, which was carved on the back armor of ancient turtles and the shoulder blades of cows for …

Read more

Categories ChineseSpeaking Tags hanzi

Recent Posts

  • Private Mnemonics for Remembering Chinese Characters
  • Did Chinese people use 我, 你, and 他 before the New Culture Movement?
  • Why is the Chinese language (sometimes) called Mandarin in English?
  • Can Chinese people write Chinese as fast as people do in English?
  • Which are the 7 most splendid Chinese characters according to you?
  • Is it possible to type “々” on a Chinese Pinyin keyboard?
  • Is there a reason why Chinese characters are written vertically?
  • What is the Chinese character 寅?

Recent Comments

  • Frank on What is the most effective way to learn Chinese characters?
  • 王志宇 on What is the meaning of the Chinese “鸡你太美”?
  • Pandaman on What is the meaning of the Chinese “鸡你太美”?
  • Real ikun on What is the meaning of the Chinese “鸡你太美”?
  • AwA on What does “nmsl” mean in Chinese?
  • zk on What does the Chinese word 傻逼 mean in English?
  • zk on What does the Chinese word 傻逼 mean in English?
  • 小黑子 on What is the meaning of the Chinese “鸡你太美”?
© 2025 Chinese Speaking Fans