Posts Tagged ‘learning chinese characters’

Cue Cards to Learn Chinese Characters

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

To facilitate learning Chinese, you can make cards with one character on the front and the character of the pronunciation and meaning with words and / or phrases featuring the character on the back. Bring these cards with you and study them whenever you have a moment. Aside from these cards, there are some courses that include  Chinese-language maps of this kind.

As you progress in your study of the Chinese language, you learn more characters and you begin to notice recurring themes and patterns. This will help you to guess the meanings of new characters. The more you learn, easier it will be to learn new ones.

Learn Chinese Characters

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

A lot of Chinese characters are representing physical things or abstract concepts. As a learner, know what each component represents and try to construct mental images with the components of each character. You must include images in your mind as well as the meaning of the characters and pronunciation.