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Learn Chinese characters from pictures to words
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(9 ratings)
80 students

Learn Chinese characters from pictures to words

From pictures to words, understand the logic of each word and master the golden rules of Chinese character creation.
Created byjojo Li
Last updated 11/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • The history of Chinese characters.
  • The evolution of Chinese characters from 4000 years to now.
  • The strokes and structure of Chinese characters.
  • The redical of Chinese characters.
  • The easy way to understand morethan 100 Chinese characters frequently used in your life.
  • The origin of Chinese characters and the method of making Chinese characters.
  • 5 Chinese cultural stories.
  • papercut of chinese characters

Course content

2 sections • 17 lectures • 7h 44m total length

  • INTRODUCTION8:11

    Discover the picture-to-word approach to learning Chinese characters, inspired by the kingdom of Chinese characters for children, and explore stories, daily life, and tools to master basic words.

  • the history of Chinese characters11:46

    Explore the history of Chinese characters from oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang dynasty, uncovered by Wang Yirong, and how bone divination connected images to early writing.

  • the evolution of Chinese characters19:21

    Explore the evolution of Chinese characters from pictographs to strokes, seals, and scripts, tracing oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official, regular, and running styles, up to simplified characters post-1949.

  • the structures and strokes of Chinese characters15:30

    Learn how Chinese characters are built from pictures to words, focusing on stand-alone and compound structures, their components, and the basic strokes and stroke order.

Requirements

  • anyone who wants to learn Chinese characters.
  • Students with a little knowledge of Chinese characters.

Description

This is a serious Chinese character learning course. "the easy way to remember Chinese characters from pictures to words". We have explored new learning methods, not blindly memorizing, but taking you back to the ancient times 4000 years ago, exploring the ancient Chinese history and culture, and looking for the original appearance of Chinese characters. From pictures to words, understand the logic of each character, and master the golden rules of Chinese character creation.

Who this course is for:

  • anyone who interested in Chinese charaters.
  • anyone who wants to learn the original pictograph of Chinese characters.

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