Learning To Understand Chinese Characters Has Never Been So Easy And Fascinating !| Overall Rating |  |
by Zhang Pengpeng
If you ever imagined learned Chinese would be too difficult because of the thousands of written characters, here's a book that may just change your point of view. Not only can you easily learn to understand Chinese writing, you may well begin to love the art and culture behind it too! This is a refreshingly different way of learning to read and understand the Chinese language.
Radicals are the strokes contained within a character which denote root words. Much like English contains compounded words (for example bookmark, bookshelf, bookstore), Chinese characters are also built up of root words or 'radicals'. Understanding the most commonly used of these radicals will help you understand characters that you have never even seen before. And you don't even have to speak Chinese!
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Here's a summary of the main features of this inspiring book :
- English meanings of radicals and the pinyin (phonetic Chinese) representation.
- Fully translated examples of the characters that the radical is found in.
- Easy look up of characters sorted by their pinyin alphabetical order.
- Shows order of strokes when writing.
- Indicates in which position the radical is most commonly found in a character.
F.J.P., South Carolina" For a beginner who needs help understanding, this helps it all makes sense. By understanding the radicals it all comes together. Takes the most commonly used radicals, their history and examples of usage. Also teaches how to write them yourself.
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This is really a fascinating read that helps you learn fast as well. Poetic and charming!
If you enjoy this book you would probably also appreciate these books from the same author, Zhang Pengpeng. They are published by Sinolingua, one of China's most respected and prestigious publishers of Chinese language learning materials.
Author Zhang Pengpeng
This is the next step up from 'The Most Common Chinese Radicals'. With the same simple charm, it's recommended if you've already mastered the first step.
Available now at Amazon.
Intensive Spoken Chinese -Author Zhang Pengpeng
If you only buy one book to help you begin to learn spoken Chinese, this may well be your best choice. Few books on spoken Chinese are so simply presented. As it uses pinyin extensively you would not necessarily need to understand the Chinese characters. However, if you've enjoyed reading 'The Most Common Chinese Radicals', you may well find learning the spoken language just as pleasurable! Check it out at Amazon for the best price.
