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Chinese characters: Functional Components you must know – from Outlier Linguistics

Unlocking Chinese Characters with Functional Components – Outlier Linguistics Explains This is a guest post from the folks over at Outlier Linguistics. If you aren’t following them yet then definitely check out their work. They are working on a Chinese dictionary that explains why certain Chinese characters are the way they are and how they …

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Common Chinese Characters you’ve been Reading Wrong!

Kyle@Sensible: This is a guest post by John Renfroe of Outlier Linguistics. They are working on a very cool concept for a Chinese learners dictionary built in accordance with sound scientific principles and the modern Chinese paleography. Neat huh? This kind of stuff blows my mind! Here’s a sneak peek at some of their insights with …

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Learn Chinese Characters | Sensible Character Learning System Introduction

There are a number of existing systems to help you learn Chinese characters. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses. None of them present a complete system for how to learn Chinese characters. We’re going to mix and match, taking the best components from these existing systems. There’s nothing particularly fancy about the result. …

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Sensible Character Learning System – Welcome!

Hi there! This page is now out of date. Check out the Chinese Character Learning System in all its glory on these pages: Introductory video and blog posts or Direct to the ~7 hour step-by-step video course Welcome to the Sensible Character Learning system! Over the next few weeks I’ll be outlining a …

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Black Magic! Phono-Semantic Chinese Characters

This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese homepage to get a lot more tips on how to learn Chinese. If you are a native English speaker learning a European language for the most part you can look at writing in that language and make a guess …

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All Chinese characters are made up of the same 200 Chinese radicals!

This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese series to get a lot more tips on how to learn Chinese. Every single character in Chinese, both Traditional and Simplified, is made up of around 200 small “pieces” that act very roughly like an alphabet. Learn these 200 pieces and …

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