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21. 老师告诉我们，这个汉字的部首是“一”。

    lǎo​shī gào​su wǒ​men, zhè​ge hàn​zì de bù​shǒu shì“ yī”.

    The teacher told us that the radical of this Chinese character is 'one'.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

22. 这个汉字的本意是指一种古代的兵器。

    zhè gè hàn​zì de běn​yì shì zhǐ yī zhǒng gǔ​dài de bīng​qì.

    The original meaning of this character refers to an ancient weapon.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

23. “在”是构成古代自谦词“在下”的一个汉字。

    “ zài” shì gòu​chéng gǔ​dài zì​qiān cí“ zài​xià” de yī gè hàn​zì.

    The character 'zai' is part of the ancient self-deprecatory term 'zaixia'.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

24. 有些汉字的语音和文读音有很大差别。

    yǒu xiē hàn​zì de yǔ​yīn hé wén​dú​yīn yǒu hěn dà chā​bié.

    Some Chinese characters have a large difference between their colloquial and literary pronunciations.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

25. 弟弟今年才五岁，就开始学习写汉字了。

    dì​di jīn​nián cái wǔ suì, jiù kāi​shǐ xué​xí xiě hàn​zì le.

    My younger brother is only five years old this year, but he has already started learning to write Chinese characters.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

26. 老师教我们如何正确书写“羌”这个汉字。

    lǎo​shī jiāo wǒ​men rú​hé zhèng​què shū​xiě“ qiāng” zhè​ge hàn​zì.

    The teacher taught us how to correctly write the Chinese character 'Qiang'.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

27. 在汉字构造中，“鲜”字左边的“鱼”部代表鱼类。

    zài hàn​zì gòu​zào zhōng,“ xiān” zì zuǒ​bian de“ yú” bù dài​biǎo yú​lèi.

    In the construction of Chinese characters, the 'fish' radical on the left of the character 'xian' represents fish.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

28. 书法课上，老师教我们如何书写日文汉字芸。

    shū​fǎ kè shàng, lǎo​shī jiāo wǒ​men rú​hé shū​xiě Rì​wén hàn​zì yì.

    In calligraphy class, the teacher taught us how to write the Japanese kanji '芸'.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

29. 这个汉字最初是象鸟儿的形状而创造出来的。

    zhè​ge hàn​zì zuì​chū shì xiàng niǎo​r de xíng​zhuàng ér chuàng​zào chu​lai de.

    This Chinese character was originally created to resemble the shape of a bird.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

30. 老师教我们用部首查字法在字典里查找陌生的汉字。

    lǎo​shī jiāo wǒ​men yòng bù​shǒu chá​zì​fǎ zài zì​diǎn lǐ chá​zhǎo mò​shēng de hàn​zì.

    The teacher taught us how to use the radical lookup method to find unfamiliar Chinese characters in the dictionary.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary