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The Chinese Character for “Person” Posted by on Dec 10, 2014

One of the first, easiest, and most important characters you’ll learn in Chinese is the one for person (人 – rén). Back in the day, this character was actually a pictograph depicting a man. As you can see, it has been abbreviated over time. Check out this short video to learn how to properly write this character…

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100 Most Common Chinese Characters (#81-100) Posted by on Oct 28, 2014

It’s been a long journey, but we’re finally to the last 20 of the 100 most common Chinese characters in our video series. 行 – xíng go; OK 方 – fāng side; square 又 – yòu again; both… and… 如 – rú like; as; as if 前 – qián in front; previous; ago 所 –…

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100 Most Common Chinese Characters (61-80) Posted by on Sep 9, 2014

Keep on practicing the 100 most common Chinese characters with the 4th video that teaches you characters #61-80: 没 – méi is not, have not 日 – rì sun, day 于 – yú in, at, for, to, by 起 – qǐ rise, start 还 – hái still, yet 发 – fā send, deliver 成 –…

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100 Most Common Chinese Characters (41-60) Posted by on Aug 12, 2014

We’re working our way through the 100 most common Chinese characters in short videos, and today we’re moving along with #s 41-60. Learn 20 more important Chinese characters in under two minutes by following along and practicing your pronunciation.

Stroke Order (笔顺) Posted by on Oct 16, 2011

Now that we’ve covered Radicals (部首) in our last post, it’s time to move on to the basics of stroke order, so we can complete our characters and improve our writing. Stroke order is an integral component to reading, writing and recognizing characters and is a valuable way to deepen your understand of Chinese character…

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