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Summary: Learn how to write the word "squirrel" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on animal Chinese characters in this free video clip.

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Xi Chen Xi Chen received her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was... read more

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How to Write "Squirrel" in Chinese Symbols

Now let's learn the Chinese word for squirrel, song shu. In this word this character shu is exactly the shu we have in the word lau shu which means rat or mouse. So we can just understand that the squirrel loves life right, but hey are totally different, anyway we have this shu, this character shu in this word and song in Chinese means pine tree. The squirrel is living in the pine tree so that is why this word is song shu. Because pine tree is tree we have this tree radical and this is the right part shu. We need to practice writing these characters many times. Now let's write this word again with me. This is song, just one strike and short horizon toe, long horizon toe, hook, slant hook, more slanting hook, song shu, squirrel.

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