You have learnt how to combine parts (alphabets and/or strokes) to form characters using the 7 Part Order Rules. Most of the characters with these Standard Part Order do not have overlapping parts.
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For beginners, when they see characters with overlapping parts, many of them have difficulties decoding the characters stroke-by-stroke. They have to use a lot of memory to remember these characters.
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Is there a systematic way to decode characters with overlapping parts so that you can remember them easily? In Learn Chinese Without Writing 3 (LCWW3), you will learn how to decode them systematically.
Click on each character to watch how the intersecting parts break down into alphabets and/or strokes in these animated clips. Observe the different components that make up each character.
Chinese Characters with Intersecting Parts
Intersecting Part Order
1. Liang 两
2. Xiang 象
3. Shi 事
4. Wo 我
5. Di 弟
You have just watched how characters with overlapping parts can be decoded. Like characters that follow the Standard Part Order, these characters also follow some Part Order Rules. Read more about these rules in ‘Learn Chinese Without Writing 3’.
Are there characters that do not follow the Standard Part Order and Intersecting Order? Read more in ‘Unique Part Order'.