Review & Fun (1)
This week, let’s review some of the characters that we’ve already learnt in previous lessons. To keep it interesting, I have decided to introduce you to “上大人 (shàng dà rén).”…
Chinese Characters about Body Parts
As in many other languages, Chinese has multiple words that each have multiple meanings, also known as polysemy. These polysemantic words convey several concepts at once, and can mean one…
Chinese Characters Containing the Radical “口”!
Last time we discussed the radicals of some Chinese characters. While learning how to write Chinese characters, it is sometimes helpful to group them by ones containing similar meaningful parts.…
Recognize Chinese Characters by Radicals
This week, I have picked a set of Chinese characters that may be easily confused by beginners. In the picture below, you will see six pairs of characters. The symbols…
Chinese Characters Learning: The “Three Drops Of Water” Radical
A radical is collection of brush strokes in Chinese that conveys a certain meaning. Radicals are combined to form characters, and recognizing a particular radical can often give you a clue as to that…
Cool Chinese Character Memorization Methods
It seems like every day a new app comes out that promises to help you learn characters easily. With a growing pool of research in memory and memory competitions on…
Top 10 Most Common Chinese Characters
There are around eighty thousand Chinese characters. To the new Chinese learner, this can seem daunting. However, just like many words in English, the majority of these characters are not…
A Fun Tip to Master Chinese Characters Smoothly
Since I have a long history of learning Chinese, I can offer some of my own learning methods as tips on how to overcome the more difficult aspects in the…
Why Chinese Stroke Order is Important and How to Master it
What is stroke order? The Chinese stroke order system was designed to produce aesthetically pleasing, symmetrical and balanced characters written with brush and ink on paper. It allows for the…