Character Course A: Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Characters

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