Chinese Characters
Course Instruction Video
The Chinese writing system is completely different from the English writing system. English and other Western languages use the Latin alphabet and are largely phonetic, which means words are pronounced as they are written. Chinese, on the other hand, has no alphabet. Instead, it uses characters, which is called Hànzì. Chinese characters – or Hanzi – may seem scary when you first look at them, but they’re actually pretty logical once you break them down. And believe it or not, learning how to read and write Hanzi is a big help when it comes to speaking Chinese. This course will teach you the fundamentals of character-writing and reading, providing you with a solid foundation for further study.
Number of Lessons: 70 lessons
Suggested Study Time: 4 hours
You should already know:
Pinyin
Latest update: Lesson 1 Introduction and Basic Strokes
Preview: This lesson will give you a brief introduction to Chinese characters.
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Preview: Today we will learn two basic strokes: Horizontal stroke (横hénɡ)and Vertical stroke (竖shù).
Preview: Today we will learn two basic strokes: left-falling stroke (撇piě) and right-falling stroke (捺nà).
Preview: Today we will learn another two basic strokes: Dot stroke (点diǎn)and Turning stroke (折zhé).
Preview: Today we will learn some basic Chinese radicals (部首bùshǒu).
Preview: Today we will be discussing Pictograms (象形xiànɡxínɡ) and Self-explanatory (指事zhǐshì) characters.
Preview: We will learn Compound Indicatives (会意huìyì) and Pictophonetic (形声xínɡshēnɡ) characters.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with b：巴 bā、白bái、百 bǎi .
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with b：办 bàn、半 bàn、北 běi.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with b：本běn、比bǐ、必bì.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with b：边biān、并bìng、不bù.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with c：才cái、长cháng、车chē.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with c：成chéng、吃chī、出chū.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with c：此cǐ、次cì、从cóng.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with d：打dǎ、大dà、代dài.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with d：当dāng、刀dāo、地dì.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with d：电diàn、东dōng、冬dōng.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with d：动dòng、斗dòu、队duì.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with d：对duì、多duō.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with e：儿ér、二èr.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with f：反fǎn、方fāng、飞fēi.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with f：分fēn、风fēng、夫fū、父fù.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with g：干gàn、个gè、工gōng.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with g：公gōng、古gǔ、关guān.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with g：观guān、光guāng、广guǎng.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with h：汉Hàn、好hǎo、号hào.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with h：合hé、后hòu、华huá.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with h：化huà、还huán、回huí.
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with h：会huì、火huǒ
Preview: In this lesson you are going to learn how to write common Chinese characters whose Pinyin starts with j：机jī、几jǐ、己jǐ.
Comments
Thu, 2012-03-08 17:04
This is a good thing that you share how to learn the Chinese language. Actually I am studying mandarin language and it is really not easy. . example essay of traditional language
Wed, 2011-11-16 12:00
is there Chinese characters
Thu, 2012-03-08 17:00
This is a good thing that you share how to learn the Chinese language. Actually I am studying mandarin language and it is really not easy. . example essay of traditional language
Tue, 2011-09-13 09:23
hai...i'm a new student here.please teacher help me i don't understand about the subscribe.did i have to buy it or what?? please teacher reply me or anybody.please T_T
Fri, 2011-09-09 18:01
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