This course aims to help Chinese learners understand the WHATs, WHYs and HOWs of Chinese characters. It’s a comprehensive guide that can help solve the most common problems when students start learning characters, such as the difference between traditional and simplified characters, whether learning characters is essential or not, how many you need to master, etc. From the origin of Chinese characters to the basic principles of character construction, you can find everything you want to know. It not only illustrates the basic information about and logic behind characters but also the fundamental rules and methods.
What you will know after taking this course
- 5 basic strokes and corresponding variations
- 7 key rules of stroke order
- 4 main input methods for typing
- 3 basic character units
- 4 main character structures
- 11 fun facts about Chinese characters
For Whom
- People who are new to learning Chinese
- People who are interested in learning Chinese Characters
- People who wants to learn the basics of Chinese Characters
Additional Learning Materials
- Downloadable quizzes and exercises
- Downloadable character writing practice sheets
Course Curriculum
| Lesson 1,2,3,4 | |||
| Lesson 1: Introduction to Learning Chinese Characters | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lesson 2: Are Chinese Characters Worth Learning? | 00:06:00 | ||
| Lesson 3: How Many Chinese Characters Do You Need to Learn? | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lesson 4: Chinese Characters: Traditional VS Simplified | FREE | 00:04:00 | |
| Lesson 5: Basic Strokes | |||
| 5-1: Introduction | FREE | 00:01:00 | |
| 5-2: Basic Horizontal Stroke and its Variations | FREE | 00:01:00 | |
| 5-3: Basic Vertical Stroke and its Variations | FREE | 00:01:00 | |
| 5-4: Basic Dot Stroke and its Variations | 00:02:00 | ||
| 5-5: Basic Left Falling Stroke and its Variations | 00:01:00 | ||
| 5-6: Basic Turning Stroke and its Variations (1) | 00:03:00 | ||
| 5-7: Basic Turning Stroke and its Variations (2) | 00:03:00 | ||
| 5-8: Practice Sheet | 00:00:00 | ||
| Lesson 6: Stroke Order Rules | |||
| 6-1: Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-2: Stroke Order Rule 1 | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-3: Stroke Order Rule 2 | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-4: Stroke Order Rule 3 | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-5: Stroke Order Rule 4 | 00:02:00 | ||
| 6-6: Stroke Order Rule 5 | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-7: Stroke Order Rule 6 | 00:02:00 | ||
| 6-8: Stroke Order Rule 7 | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-9: Practice & Writing Sheet | 00:00:00 | ||
| Lesson 7 | |||
| Lesson 7: Typing Chinese Characters: Main Input Methods | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lesson 8: Construction of Chinese Characters | |||
| 8-1: All about the construction units | 00:05:00 | ||
| 8-2: Learn Chinese characters with commonly used components | 00:05:00 | ||
| 8-3: Learn Chinese characters in different structures | 00:02:00 | ||
| 8-4: Practice & Writing Sheet | 00:00:00 | ||
| Lesson 9: Structure of Chinese Characters | |||
| 9-1: Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| 9-2: Pictographic Characters – 象形字 | 00:02:00 | ||
| 9-3: Self-explanatory Characters – 指事字 | 00:02:00 | ||
| 9-4: Associative Compounds – 会意字 | 00:02:00 | ||
| 9-5: Pictophonetic Characters – 形声字 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Lesson 10 | |||
| Lesson 10: Fun Facts about Chinese Characters | 00:06:00 | ||
SaxTuition Beginner Series.
Excellent introduction to Chinese Character. Really enjoyed the course, took a lot of notes. Learned a lot really, gave me an incentive to carry on. Thanks a lot Lesley you gave me the motivation to go on.