Fun with Chinese Characters, Volume 2

by Huoping Chen, Tan Huay Peng

Fun with Chinese Characters (in three volumes) makes learning Chinese characters entertaining and memorable! Every page contains all the information you need to learn a Chinese character: the origin (etymology) of a character, its description and an entertaining illustration by cartoonist Tan Huay Peng. Knowing the origin greatly simplify the recognition the characters. The cartoons which accompany each character are often comical and clever. Examples of how the character is used in compound phrases are offered. First volume contains an in-depth introduction on the genesis of the characters. The third volume contains index of all 480 characters and their location.

The characters are written in traditional and simplified characters and has romanized pinyin pronunciation. Stroke orders, definition and example sentence make this book a valuable resource. Learning Chinese characters has never been so much fun!

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, China

153 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Phước Ý. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series of reference book to start if you are a mandarin beginner.
A lot of infomative and historical insight of each character sorted in a very logical and easy-to-follow way. I really recommend it for anyone who want to have their first 500 character of vocabulary in Mandarin.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb. A must for anyone studying Chinese.