Fun with Chinese Characters, Volume 1

by 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 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: Language, China, Nonfiction, Reference, Asia

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

incredible book. Great help in learning characters. Constantly refer to it. All three volumes sre useful for anyone learning Chinese. Should be reissued.

[Rvchua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Explained in a simple, logical manner how chinese characters are constructed, I never knew how to write chinese characters but have managed to recognize a handful of characters.

[abclaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covers 176 hanzi characters, teaching the story behind the radical, showing the stroke order, the words usage, sentence structure and on occassion - even going over nuisances. A really good book.