The Construction of the Chinese Character Knowledge System in the Lower Grades of Primary School by the "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" Theory—Take Primary School Chinese Unified Edition First-grade Textbook for Example

Lixia Huang

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2025.HT27458

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The Construction of the Chinese Character Knowledge System in the Lower Grades of Primary School by the "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" Theory—Take Primary School Chinese Unified Edition First-grade Textbook for Example

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The Construction of the Chinese Character Knowledge System in the Lower Grades of Primary School by the "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" Theory—Take Primary School Chinese Unified Edition First-grade Textbook for Example

Lixia Huang ^1*

¹ Zhejiang Normal University

^*Corresponding author: hlx19990710@outlook.com

Published on 2 October 2025

LNEP Vol.124

ISSN (Print): 2753-7056

ISSN (Online): 2753-7048

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-405-2

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-406-9

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Abstract

Literacy is the foundation of reading and writing, the basis for mastering knowledge, cultivating abilities and conducting various subject teaching, and it is also an important prerequisite for cultivating and enhancing students' comprehensive Chinese literacy. Based on the "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" theory, taking the first-grade unified textbooks as the entry point and combining the current situation of first-grade character recognition teaching, this paper explores and studies the curriculum functions and specific practices of the "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" theory in character recognition teaching in the lower grades of primary school Chinese, and clarifies the specific teaching strategies for the four types of Chinese characters, namely Pictographic characters, Indicative characters, Assembled Ideogram, Phonetic Compound, in the first-grade unified textbooks. In the specific teaching of Chinese character recognition, these four types of Chinese characters can be taught respectively by adopting strategies such as traceability and comparison,correlation and deconstruction,split and reorganize, analysis and combined use. Through this method, students can build a knowledge system of Chinese characters based on their principles.

Keywords:

Lower Grades of Primary School Chinese, Literacy Teaching, The Principles of Chinese Characters, The "Six Categories of Chinese Characters" Theory

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