Writing characters of sequence 1

你 nǐ : you, you (singular) 

Character decomposition:

Components: 亻 human, 冖 roof, 小 small.

Etymology: The ancient character for expressing the personal pronoun "you" is 尔 ěr. It is a simplification of the character 爾 which represented a frame for drying threads. This character was then borrowed to designate the personal pronoun "you." In modern Chinese, the human component 亻 has been added.

好 hǎo : to be well, to be good 

Character decomposition:

Components: 女 woman, 子 child.

Etymology: The character is composed of the woman and the child and originally meant "to have a beautiful appearance." Later, the meaning was extended to "beautiful and good," then "good."

他 tā : he, him 

Character decomposition:

Components: 亻 human, 也 adder or vessel.

Etymology: The character 他 tā is originally a phonetic loan from the character of the snake 它 tā. Then, the human component 亻 was added to form the character 佗. 他 is a variant of this character. It is this variant that has been preserved.

吗 ma : question particle at the end of a sentence 

Character decomposition:

Components: 口 mouth, 马 horse.

Etymology: 吗 ma is an ideophone. It is composed of 口, the mouth, which indicates the act of opening the mouth to speak, ask a question, and 马 mǎ (the horse), which indicates the sound of this character.

呢 ne : question particle that repeats the question 

Character decomposition:

Components: 口 mouth, 尼 phonetic component ne / ni.

Etymology: 呢 ne is an ideophone. It is composed of 口, the mouth, which indicates the act of opening the mouth to speak, and 尼 ne / ní (to be close, intimate), which indicates the sound of this character. 尼 ne / ní represented two close people.

不 bù : negation, no 

Character decomposition:

Components: 不 is composed of four fundamental strokes (horizontal, descending left, vertical, descending right). However, 不 is not in the list of 214 keys. It is nevertheless a basic graphic element. This is why some teachers speak of a "graphic element" rather than a "key."

Etymology: 不 bù is a pictogram that represented the receptacle of a flower. It was then borrowed phonetically to denote negation.

我 wǒ : I, me 

Character decomposition:

Components: 扌 hand, 戈 halberd.

Etymology: 我 wǒ is a pictogram that represented an ancient weapon with a long handle and a sort of blade with three teeth. It was then borrowed phonetically to denote the personal pronoun "I."

很 hěn : very 

Character decomposition:

Components: 彳 path/a step of the left foot, 艮 phonetic element "gen": characters formed with this graphic component end in "en".

Etymology: 很 hěn is an ideophone composed of 彳 path and the phonetic element 艮 "gen". It should be noted that phonetic elements often denote the rhyme of the syllable, here "en". 艮 gen was an ideogram that meant "to look angrily". In 艮, one recognizes the eye 目 and a person 人. 很 hěn originally meant "to go against", "to disobey". Later, it took on the meaning of "to a high degree, strongly, very".

再 zài : (again, re-) 

Character decomposition:

Components: 一 one, 冉 hanging hair.

Etymology: 再 zài was originally an ideogram composed of the number 2 二 and the fish 魚. It first meant "two fish", then its meaning was extended to "two", then "second time / again".

见 jiàn : (to see, to notice) 

Character decomposition:

Components: 见 is a graphic component.

Etymology: 见 jiàn is the simplification of the character 見. It is an ideogram composed of the eye 目 and a human 人. It meant and still means "to see, to notice."