What is the Chinese character decomposition guidance? It is a top-down chart splitting a character into smaller, meaningful components.
The components, in their turn, are broken into separate radicals with tones and meanings.
Such decomposition is very helpful to the Chinese language learners to memorize and remember the Chinese characters.
It also gives a better idea of the Chinese language at large.
Decomposition of the Chinese Character 安 ān ‘quiet’
宀 mián roof
丶 zhǔ dot
冖 mì cover
女 nǚ woman
丿 piě slash
一 yī one
宀丶冖女丿一
NB. Synonyms: Structural analysis of the Chinese characters, Breakdown of the Chinese characters, Chinese characters split.
More information:
http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104 and
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985