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、嗎/嗎、請/請、你、是、我、再、見/見、對/對、不、起、姓、謝/謝、他、們/們、叫、什/甚、么/麼、名、字
Unit 2
More on Chinese Character Building
Unit Characters:
您、大、小、多、位、這/這、那、哪、兒/兒、幾/幾、號/號、了、年、月、日、歲/歲、生、的、地、址
Unit 3
Practice with Radicals
Unit Characters:
上、下、今、天、早、晚、午、現/現、在、半、分、點/點、星、期、時/時、候、等、有、事
Unit 4
Five Useful Phonetics
Unit Characters:
中、國/國、家、關、英、文、喜、歡/歡、說/說、話/話、會/會、都、得、沒、去、過/過、出
Unit 5
Review of Selected Characters and Their Radicals
Unit Characters:
父、爸、母、親/親、媽/媽、姐、妹、兄、哥、弟、男、女、兩/兩、個/個、和、才、里/裡
Unit 6
It All Started with Oracle Bones
Unit Characters:
也、她、還/還、想、要、將/將、來/來、賺/賺、錢/錢、因、為/為、幫/幫、知、道、當/當、做、別、或、者、念、級/級、意、思
Unit 7
Can You Construct a Chinese Character?
Unit Characters:
坐、走、回、吃、東/東、西、吧、怎、樣/樣、高、興/興、著/著、急、熱/熱、冷、累、忙、餓/餓、飯/飯、飽/飽
Unit 8
Further Practice with Radicals
Unit Characters:
周/週、末、睡、覺/覺、看、電/電、視/視、影、玩、網/網、門/門、以、前、后/後、洗、手、每、班
Unit 9
Yes, You Can Type Chinese!
Unit Characters:
黑、紅/紅、白、金、銀/銀、元、買/買、賣/賣、貴/貴、便、宜、比、跟、少、太、能、夠/夠、給/給
Unit 10
Matching Exercise
Unit Characters:
用、心、開/開、車/車、到、百、貨/貨、商、場/場、店、路、左、右、南、北、面、邊/邊、近、遠/速、離/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)