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魔法汉字 Magical Chinese Characters Interactive Card Game

$11.90 SGD
$11.90 SGD $11.90 SGD
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Have you heard about Radicals 偏旁部首?
They are the most fundamental building blocks of Chinese characters.
Examples include 氵三点水 sān diǎn shuǐ
and 讠言字旁 yán zì páng,
and when each are added
to the radical 青 qīng,
we get 清 qīng and 请 qǐng respectively.

Understanding how radicals can be combined
to form many different complex / secondary characters
is essential in understanding and learning more Chinese characters.

Recently I've done some research and curated an amazing resource
with tons of mileage and many ways to use,
to help build a great foundation of Mandarin for our children.

There are many versions in the market with various types and functions,
not all sets are created equally.
We chose one of the very best to bring in!

魔法汉字 Magical Chinese Characters Interactive Card Game
comes with 247 cards

  • 206 张偏旁卡 Radical Cards
    • includes Radical
    • arrow(s) showing the possible position(s) that the radical can be at
    • special things to note eg 鱼 - if the radical is on the left, the 横 is changed to a 提
  • 7 张惊喜卡 Surprise Cards - Exchange cards with another player etc
  • 16 张碰碰卡 Special Cards - with 79 radicals. Use any radical on the card to match
  • 18 张惩罚卡 Forfeit Cards - Perform a task on the card, if you can't, have to do a fun forfeit!

Different ways to use these cards:

  • This is really awesome for primary school children to learn how we can combine radicals to create words
    - parental guidance needed.
    We may not be using all the cards in the set at one go, but it's still valuable!
  • Note: The fullness of the game aspect is more suitable for upper primary ages and up, till adulthood.

Why we love these cards at MST:

  • Radicals are a powerful way to learn about how Chinese characters are formed.
  • Perfect for visual and kinesthetic learners - as manipulatives, to do the physical action of combining radicals into different words.
  • We can easily see the connections between words,
    and can extend the learning of one radical to many related characters

Suitable for ages 6-99

This set of cards pair very well with other resources about radicals and learning to read:

👀 Additional goodies you get when purchasing from MST:

💡 Reference sheet of 10 basic radicals 偏旁部首 with hanyu pinyin, their meanings and 30 related words to explore, aligned with Singapore Ministry of Education #欢乐伙伴 syllabus 😎
💡 List of ways to maximise the use of this set for beginners