| Chinese Characters can be really complicated, but actually every character is built up using a series of radicals and strokes which means even the most ridiculous looking characters all have their logic. Let’s check out some more of the most complicated Chinese characters:  Pá 掱 (Steal/Pickpocket) This is a particularly smart example which should actually prove quite easy to remember. Going back to the earlier examples, we have one character multiplied by three. That character is the character for Hand in Chinese 手 shǒu. So how fitting it should be that three hands amount to a pickpocket or stealing. Makes perfect sense really, doesn’t it? Qílín 麒麟 (Mythical Chinese Animal) Wow, quite a mess to deal with there! Where do we start when decrypting this one? You’ll notice the left hand radical is the same on both so that’s a nice place to start. Also, the more common character 其 qí which you will learn early on from words like 其实 qíshí (actually), features on the right hand side of the first character. Conveniently the pinyin is the same! In all seriousness, it’s interesting to look at but not one you should worry about for day-to-day purposes. It’s always good to open our eyes to these kinds characters anyway! It all helps for further study and progression. Chīmèiwǎngliǎng 魑魅魍魉 (Demons and Monsters) Time to level up to 4 characters! This one is surprisingly neat on the eye and not all that hard to remember given the left hand radical. Kindly, they are all the same, but still, looks like a big mess at first glance. So, we introduce to you our first complex Chinese Chengyu. This is an idiom for evil spirits, demons/monsters, bad/evil people. Not particularly pleasant but worth knowing nonetheless, you never quite know when you’ll come across these characters in the future! |
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