Chinese Words Show II --An easy way to learn Chinese. Chinese Words Show II Now you know that for Chinese characters the most important thing, not as same as for English the pronunciation, is the meaning of the words.You can understand them from its writing shape or figure. By combining, the simple marks can make different words. These simple marks are called the root of the words. How many of them? About 540. Now, let’s see some. “①”(see the pic. below from left to right)Guess what it is? Yes. A stick, a counting stick. In old times. People couldn’t count by writing. So they made a lot short stick for counting. And this mark means One, pronounces yī. “②” Again? No? Let’s try this way. There are two parts of this character. The above are the branches, the under are the roots. Get it? This one means Wood or Tree, pronounces mù. “③” Can you give another guess? Ha~ . It’s a sheep, pronounces yáng “④” means Field. You see it on the farm, right? tián