knowing more bout Chinese characters most characters are composed .usually the component on left or top address the meaning .component on right or bottom address the sound of this character .for example,”妈”component on left “女”address the meaning of female, component on right “马”reads “mǎ”。“姐”component on left “女”address the meaning of female, component on right “且”reads“qiě”。there only few single-component characters . for example,”一”“大”“七”“口”“人”“八”and so on . There some very useful components below . kǒu 口 ： mouth ，it means eatting , drinking, calling or asking and so on ,like “吃” to eat,”喝”to drink,”叫”to call to be called . 氵 ：water. like “海”ocean，“湖”lake，“江”river，“游泳”swimming. quǎn 犭：it means animal . like”狗”dog，“猫”“cat”，“猪”pig. rén 亻：it’s from 人 ， it’ means people . like “伴侣”partner ；mate；companion，“人们”people；the public. nǚ 女：female ,like”她”she,”姑娘”girl，“妩媚”charming;lovely;graceful.