How to Write "Whale" in Chinese Symbols

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Part of the video series: How to Write Animal Chinese Symbols II

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

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

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How to Write "Whale" in Chinese Symbols

Now let's learn the Chinese word for "whale" "jing". This word is very easy to learn because it has both the meaning part meaningful part and the pronunciation part. Let's see the left is the stroke that comes from the word we just learned which is "yu" that means "fish" and when it becomes a radical the last stroke changes a little bit. This are the same as in this character and the last stroke we put it a rising, we write it as a rising and whale is a big fish so we have the "fish" radical here and the right part is exactly pronounced as "jing" and this "jing" is what we have in the word "Bei jing". This is the first term "Bei jing" this is the capital of China. Ok here it's the pronunciation part let's write it again. Left and right, "jing" "whale".

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