Abstract: The subjects in the research were pupils of grade 4 who were divided into twa groups:normal readers and poor readers.The differences in the phonological,graphic and semantic connection of Chinese character between the two groups were examined in reporting target ward,writing pinyin,dictating and choosing tasks.The results indiGated that:(1) there were significant difference in the intensity of the phonological,graphic and semantic connection of Chinese character between normal readers and poor readers.(2) The phonological-graphic and the graphicsemantic connections of the poor readers were influenced largely by their less distinct orthographic representation.

Key words: reading level, the phonological-graphic connection, the graphic-semantic connection, the phonologicalgraphic-semantic connection, orthographic representation