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characters? Tracks of animals in the snow. Part 3 How are Chinese characters formed? 1. drawings of physical objects- pictographs (象形 ) (Show students a picture of examples of development of pictographs.) (More pictographs are given for students to match with their simplified characters.) 2. bine two or more elements together to express ideas or directions and numbers (會(huì)意 ) The teacher explains some characters. examples: 家(有房有豬)采(手采摘草本植物)尖(上小下大)旦 (地平線上的太陽 ) More characters are given to the students. They are encouraged to use their imagination to explain them. 囚 —— 人困于門中,伐 —— 人持刀戈,仙 —— 山中人,眾 —— 多人,男 —— 田里的勞力,休—— 人倚木而息,明 —— 日 與月,鳴 —— 鳥口之聲,孬 —— 不好,森 —— 眾木,炎 —— 多火,本 —— 木之根,末 —— 木之梢,歪 —— 不正