Last updated: 26 Feb 2021

This article is part of a compendium of 3500 characters.

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

Please ensure you know these foundational concepts before reading this article:

• Radicals: indexing radicals, abbreviated radicals, improvised radicals
• Writing strokes: our 7 Stroke Types nomenclature
  (“right down throw press dot rise hook”)
• Character construction principles: pictorial, semantic, phonetic, and combinations thereof.

Keep these 2 reference sources at hand when you read this article:

• 汉字部首表 (Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components)
  (We will refer to this as “Table of Radicals”.)
• 通用规范汉字表 (Table of General…

Last updated: 24 Feb 2021

This article is part of a compendium of 3500 characters.

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

Please ensure you know these foundational concepts before reading this article:

• Radicals: indexing radicals, abbreviated radicals, improvised radicals
• Writing strokes: our 7 Stroke Types nomenclature
  (“right down throw press dot rise hook”)
• Character construction principles: pictorial, semantic, phonetic, and combinations thereof.

Keep these 2 reference sources at hand when you read this article:

• 汉字部首表 (Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components)
  (We will refer to this as “Table of Radicals”.)
• 通用规范汉字表 (Table of General…

Last update: 21 Feb 2021

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Community service can often be hard and seemingly thankless. How do I never get burned out in my volunteering work? What has community service taught me about true love? This article hopes to inform you about why and how we love, and what…

Last updated: 14 Feb 2021

This article is part of a compendium of 3500 characters.

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

Please ensure you know these foundational concepts before reading this article:

• Radicals: indexing radicals, abbreviated radicals, improvised radicals
• Writing strokes: our 7 Stroke Types nomenclature
  (“right down throw press dot rise hook”)
• Character construction principles: pictorial, semantic, phonetic, and combinations thereof.

Keep these 2 reference sources at hand when you read this article:

• 汉字部首表 (Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components)
  (We will refer to this as “Table of Radicals”.)
• 通用规范汉字表 (Table of General…

Last updated: 09 Feb 2021

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Last updated: 12 Feb 2021

This article is part of a compendium of 3500 characters.

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

Please ensure you know these foundational concepts before reading this article:

• Radicals: indexing radicals, abbreviated radicals, improvised radicals
• Writing strokes: our 7 Stroke Types nomenclature
  (“right down throw press dot rise hook”)
• Character construction principles: pictorial, semantic, phonetic, and combinations thereof.

Keep these 2 reference sources at hand when you read this article:

• 汉字部首表 (Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components)
  (We will refer to this as “Table of Radicals”.)
• 通用规范汉字表 (Table of General…

Last updated: 26 Feb 2021

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

This article serves as an index to our compendium of 3500 Chinese characters we will be getting to know. Bookmark this page because it’ll be your “dictionary lookup” index to all 3500 Chinese characters in common contemporary use. Just do a text search for the Chinese character you want to get to know.

Our world-first system for analyzing Chinese characters helps you have fun getting to know every Chinese character easily.

“What a claim, 3500 Chinese characters in one week”, you may think…

Last updated: 08 Feb 2021

(This article has been converted into a course at this Facebook group.)

This 4th article is the culmination of your hard work obtaining a firm and comprehensive grasp of radicals (2nd article) and their construction (3rd article). In this article, you take the next natural step and complete your understanding of how Chinese characters are constructed, equipping you with the skills to easily learn all 3500 Chinese characters in common contemporary use.

In the 2nd article that is a thorough treatment of radicals, we got a complete coverage of all types of radicals and their…