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Learn Chinese Characters 098 豹
Author: caren_zuo Date: 2007-10-31 10:34
豹(bào)
Learn the character “豸” first.

The character "豸" is a picture of a animal like a cat with four feet. It also transformed into "犭", called fǎnquǎnpángr and used only on the left.
We will find that many animals such as "猫 狗 猪 狐 狼 狮" share the bound radical "犭".
豹=豸(a semantic part has something to do with beasts)+
勺 (a phonetic part)
The character "豹" pronounces bào, and "勺", its phonetic part, pronounces sháo. You will find that they share the same vowel but with different consonants and tones. xíng shēng zì (semantic-phonetic characters) is said to occupy over 75 percent of Chinese characters. Nealy most of phonetic components have more or less connections with the characters that they combine. It derserves a mention that the pronouncations vary a lot over thoundsands of years and for some xíng shēng zì , sometimes it is difficult to tell the connection of a phonetic component with the compound charactes that it forms.
Useful Phrases:
豹子(bào zi)leopard
金钱豹(jīn qián bào)leopard with ring-like spots
海豹 (hǎi bào ) seal
吃了豹子胆儿(chī le bào zǐ dǎnr )
eating the gall of a leopard, used to describe one is unusual courageous or bold.
Learn the character “豸” first.

The character "豸" is a picture of a animal like a cat with four feet. It also transformed into "犭", called fǎnquǎnpángr and used only on the left.
We will find that many animals such as "猫 狗 猪 狐 狼 狮" share the bound radical "犭".
豹=豸(a semantic part has something to do with beasts)+
勺 (a phonetic part)
The character "豹" pronounces bào, and "勺", its phonetic part, pronounces sháo. You will find that they share the same vowel but with different consonants and tones. xíng shēng zì (semantic-phonetic characters) is said to occupy over 75 percent of Chinese characters. Nealy most of phonetic components have more or less connections with the characters that they combine. It derserves a mention that the pronouncations vary a lot over thoundsands of years and for some xíng shēng zì , sometimes it is difficult to tell the connection of a phonetic component with the compound charactes that it forms.
Useful Phrases:
豹子(bào zi)leopard
金钱豹(jīn qián bào)leopard with ring-like spots
海豹 (hǎi bào ) seal
吃了豹子胆儿(chī le bào zǐ dǎnr )
eating the gall of a leopard, used to describe one is unusual courageous or bold.
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