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Archive for July 9th, 2008

Characters 1-20

Let’s start with a few common ones. Note that they are all related to some extent. ALl of them are HSK 1.

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A rough stick drawing of a PERSON. It also means PEOPLE. We can’t see the head, so it is probably bowed. It will be lifted, which indicated the RISING (2nd) tone.

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It means BIG. Imagine [...]

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This weblog has been designed to help learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing them with a powerful memorization tool for Hanzi, the intricate characters the Chinese writing system comprises of. Despite their elegance, they are very difficult to keep in mind, especially if you also want to be able to write them instead of “merely” [...]

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