Chinese Character Writing For Dummies

by Wendy Abraham, Jing Li

Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese

Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese--and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world's most-spoken language! Whether you're taking a course, looking to get ahead at work, or just want to up the ante when you're communicating with Chinese-speaking family and friends, Chinese Character Writing For Dummies gets you up to speed fast.

This workbook will guide your first steps in learning Chinese characters. It contains 100 basic characters, including 44 simple characters (pictograms and symbols) and 56 composite characters (ideograms and ideo-phonograms). It helps you little by little to familiarize yourself with the pieces of the puzzle most frequently used, as well as some basic Chinese writing rules.

Offers online bonus content that includes instructional videos, downloadable flashcards, and printable writing pages Shows you how to write 100 Chinese characters Provides instruction for beginners, students, and lifelong learners Gives you helpful tips on how to memorize characters Speaking Chinese will take you far--and learning to write some of the most common characters will only take you farther! Find out how Chinese Character Writing For Dummies can help you today!

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2019

Reviews

[Zack McCullough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Without having used any other character writing workbooks, it's difficult to fairly assess whether this book is good or not. I think like any language learning book it is only going to be as useful as the learner makes it. But the authors seemed to do well in explaining the history of Chinese characters and how the radicals work and all of that. I enjoyed the brief introduction to each character that was covered, though it often left me wanting to know more.
In summary, I am not sure whether this should be five stars or perhaps less, but I think it's a good start for any "dummies" who are just starting to learn Chinese.

[Malvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beside showing the stroke order, the book also mentions about the historical development of Chinese writing system and writing styles. Good for beginner who are new to writing Chinese characters.

All characters to practice are pretty simple. I wish it had at least a few really complicating characters to challenge the reader.

[Attila Gáspár · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ez egy munkafüzet egy közepesen érdekes bevezetővel.

[General · Rating 3 out of 5]

good for basics of basics