來港上學，如何讓孩子迅速學會繁體字 | 老師專欄

拆分部件、同部件配對、認字遊戲——三個方法，讓孩子在家輕鬆記住繁體字。Break characters into parts, build families around a shared component, and turn the whole thing into a game — three ways to help a child learn Traditional characters at home.

This article was originally written in Traditional Chinese. The English translation is provided for reference only.

疫情期間，香港的「人才荒」日益嚴峻，港府為此推出了一系列搶人才政策，投資移民更是在8年後得以重啟。這吸引了不少內地家庭移居香港。然而，孩子入讀香港學校，不認繁體字可愁壞了不少寶媽。那麼如何幫助小朋友提升認字能力呢？小編總結了三個小妙招。During the pandemic Hong Kong's talent shortage grew steadily more acute, and the government responded with a whole series of measures to attract talent — the investment migration scheme was even revived after an eight-year suspension. A good number of mainland families have since moved here. Once the children start at a Hong Kong school, however, not being able to read Traditional characters becomes a real headache for many mothers. So how can we help a young child recognise more characters? Here are three simple tricks.

分拆部件、同部件增加字量、認字遊戲三個方法被很多家長和老師認可。Three approaches are widely endorsed by parents and teachers alike: breaking characters into components, building up a stock of characters around a shared component, and character-recognition games.

分拆漢字部件幫助記憶Break characters into components to aid memory

例如，「碧」字，可以拆成一句耳熟能詳的口訣：王先生，白先生，坐在一塊石頭上。這樣通過把漢字拆解成有意義的幾個部分，可以讓孩子覺得認字有趣，容易把字記住。至於一些不可拆分的象形字，例如「象、大、日、月」等，則可以通過字卡配合圖片的形式，幫助小朋友記憶。The character 碧 (jade green), for instance, can be turned into a well-known little rhyme: “Mr Wang (王) and Mr Bai (白) sitting on a stone (石).” Breaking a character down into meaningful parts like this makes learning it fun, and makes it stick. For pictographs that cannot be broken down — 象 (elephant), 大 (big), 日 (sun), 月 (moon) and so on — flashcards paired with pictures work well instead.

同部件逐漸增加字量，通過部件之間的配對擴充漢字積累Grow the character count from a shared component by pairing it with others

以一個部件為基礎，搭配不同的部件構成新的漢字，既能擴充小朋友的認字量，又能幫助他們理解漢字的含義。例如，部首「女」可以搭配產生媽、姊、婦、奶等與女性相關的漢字。通過這種發散記憶的方法，小朋友便可將不同的漢字聯繫起來組合成一個詞彙網絡，更容易認識意思相近的漢字。Take one component as a base and combine it with others to build new characters. This widens a child's stock of characters and at the same time helps them grasp what those characters mean. The radical 女 (woman), for example, yields 媽 (mother), 姊 (elder sister), 婦 (married woman) and 奶 (grandmother, milk) — all of them connected with women. Learning by branching out in this way lets children link characters together into a network of words, and makes characters of related meaning far easier to take in.

認字遊戲培養學習興趣Use games to build enthusiasm

遊戲是兒童的天性，如果能夠寓教於樂，會極大地激發孩子的學習興趣。比如孩子喜歡尋寶遊戲，家長可以在孩子喜歡的玩具上貼上漢字，再把玩具藏到房間的不同角落，讓孩子一一找出來。孩子找一個玩具，就認一個詞語，讓孩子在興奮當中記住漢字。除此以外，還有其他多種多樣的認字遊戲，例如「詞語連線」、「榨果汁」、「幫小魚找朋友」、「漢字跳跳跳」等。Play is a child's natural element, and a lesson wrapped in play does wonders for motivation. If your child likes treasure hunts, for example, stick a character on each of their favourite toys, hide the toys in different corners of the room and let them track the toys down one by one. Every toy found means one more word read, and the excitement helps the character lodge in the memory. There are plenty of other character games besides — “match the words”, “squeeze the juice”, “help the little fish find a friend”, “hopping characters”, and many more.

小編的話A Note from the Editor

學習中文，認字是基礎，認字要從娃娃抓起。希望小編的建議能幫助寶媽們輕鬆在家教孩子認字，為幼升小做準備。In learning Chinese, recognising characters is the foundation, and the earlier a child begins the better. We hope these suggestions make it easy to teach characters at home and to get your child ready for the move up to primary school.

來港上學，如何讓孩子迅速學會繁體字New to Hong Kong: Helping Your Child Pick Up Traditional Characters Fast

分拆漢字部件幫助記憶Break characters into components to aid memory

同部件逐漸增加字量，通過部件之間的配對擴充漢字積累Grow the character count from a shared component by pairing it with others

認字遊戲培養學習興趣Use games to build enthusiasm

小編的話A Note from the Editor