Special features

All of the symbols shown on the cards are radicals (部首, bùshǒu). Chinese characters are organized according to common radicals. The combination of different radicals can produce hundreds of distinct and different characters.

Although the set of cards is designed for users of simplified Chinese, players who recognize traditional Chinese characters can play too. The difference lies in the way players spell the characters. For example, a player using simplified characters uses two cards to spell奋，but a player using traditional characters uses three cards to spell奮. These two characters have the same meanings, but use a different writing style.

The radicals in this set have been specially selected with the requirement that each radical must be able to form at least five characters with other radicals in the set. Common radicals appear multiple times in this set in order to increase the chance of successfully spelling characters.