Read This First!
Tactics and Strategies for Learning Characters
Questions Often Asked About Writing Chinese Characters
The Eight Basic Strokes
Introductory Unit
Chinese Characters: Pictographs
Stroke Order: Basic Guidelines
A Guide to the Information on Each Character
Unit Characters:
一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、火、口、木、人、山、水
Unit 1
Some Basic Terms
Unit Characters:
好、吗/嗎、请/請、你、是、我、再、见/見、对/對、不、起、姓、谢/謝、他、们/們、叫、什/甚、么/麼、名、字
Unit 2
More on Chinese Character Building
Unit Characters:
您、大、小、多、位、这/這、那、哪、儿/兒、几/幾、号/號、了、年、月、日、岁/歲、生、的、地、址
Unit 3
Practice with Radicals
Unit Characters:
上、下、今、天、早、晚、午、现/現、在、半、分、点/點、星、期、时/時、候、等、有、事
Unit 4
Five Useful Phonetics
Unit Characters:
中、国/國、家、关、英、文、喜、欢/歡、说/說、话/話、会/會、都、得、没、去、过/過、出
Unit 5
Review of Selected Characters and Their Radicals
Unit Characters:
父、爸、母、亲/親、妈/媽、姐、妹、兄、哥、弟、男、女、两/兩、个/個、和、才、里/裡
Unit 6
It All Started with Oracle Bones
Unit Characters:
也、她、还/還、想、要、将/將、来/來、赚/賺、钱/錢、因、为/為、帮/幫、知、道、当/當、做、别、或、者、念、级/級、意、思
Unit 7
Can You Construct a Chinese Character?
Unit Characters:
坐、走、回、吃、东/東、西、吧、怎、样/樣、高、兴/興、着/著、急、热/熱、冷、累、忙、饿/餓、饭/飯、饱/飽
Unit 8
Further Practice with Radicals
Unit Characters:
周/週、末、睡、觉/覺、看、电/電、视/視、影、玩、网/網、门/門、以、前、后/後、洗、手、每、班
Unit 9
Yes, You Can Type Chinese!
Unit Characters:
黑、红/紅、白、金、银/銀、元、买/買、卖/賣、贵/貴、便、宜、比、跟、少、太、能、够/夠、给/給
Unit 10
Matching Exercise
Unit Characters:
用、心、开/開、车/車、到、百、货/货、商、场/場、店、路、左、右、南、北、面、边/邊、近、远/速、离/離
Index Ⅰ: Characters Arranged by Pinyin
Index Ⅱ: Characters Arranged by Number of Strokes
Index Ⅲ: Comparison of Simplified and Traditional Characters
Some Useful References
Character Writing Sheets (for student reproduction)