This highly-visual book introduces an effective new method for learning Chinese characters using visual stimuli and pictographs.
Learning the basic characters used to write even simple Chinese sentences can be a long and arduous process.Chinese Characters Made Easy makes the learning process fun and easy by
presenting the 1,000 most common characters using a new mnemonic approach that associates each character with a memorable visual and verbal clue—making memorization easy. The character for
person, for example, is superimposed over a sketch of a man representing "a person standing on two legs"—drawing the reader’s attention to the distinctive shape of the character and associating
the sketch with the character’s meaning.
The Chinese characters are presented in groups or clusters all sharing common elements and meanings, for context and ease of identification. These groups of characters all share common root
symbols known as radicals, or relate to a particular theme or topic such as colors, numbers, animals, or body parts. Pronunciations, meanings and vocabulary compounds are provided for each
character in the group. A free audio CD provides native-speaker pronunciations for all the characters and their associated vocabulary. A short introduction explains the history and structure of
the Chinese writing system.
This Chinese character book’s visual approach is a powerful learning tool. It can be used by serious students and is entertaining and useful to general readers who are curious about how the
Chinese writing system works and how it developed.
