Chinese Characters

Cultural China Series

by Jiantang Han

Character is an important symbol of human civilization. Among the ancient civilizations with pictographic characters, the Chinese character is the only existed till now. In the information ear, Chinese characters get a broader application. With rich content, easy-to-understand language and interesting pictures and drawings, this book takes the readers with medium-level ability in the Chinese language, into the "ancient yet modern world of Chinese characters".

Genres: China

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Marta]

Un libro introductorio interesantísimo sobre los caracteres chinos.

[Josep]

The book is a good introduction to the history of Chinese characters and the different ways that Chinese characters can be composed. For a set of selected characters the author explains how they come to be and how can be combined to gain new meanings. Overall a learning experience for anyone interested in Chinese culture.

[Matthias Meyer]

Sloppy editing, not a good translation, partly speculative. Read it the second time with more knowledge of Chinese, where it made more sense- but still not very convincing. Also lots of redundancies - can’t really recommend it.

[Milena Rodríguez]

Traductor/a(s): Gao Yuan y Anna Lanau