Chinese Characters

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1. Characters are objectively harder, even for Chinese 1 2 3 4 25

   By dmoser, May 4, 2004 at 06:01 AM
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   • renzhe
   • July 6, 2008 at 06:48 PM

2. Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1 1 2 3 4 12

   By newyorkeric, August 21, 2007 at 06:26 AM
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   • imron
   • January 3, 2014 at 09:47 PM

3. Traditional vs Simplified characters 1 2 3 4 11

   By wix, May 27, 2003 at 02:27 PM
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   • XiaoXi
   • August 17, 2015 at 07:55 AM

4. Vietnamese Name in Chinese Characters 1 2 3 4 9

   By vinhlong, March 29, 2004 at 02:51 PM
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   • chjjslb
   • March 16, 2020 at 01:41 PM

5. I Hate Hanzi 1 2 3 4 8

   By sthubbar, July 30, 2007 at 04:09 AM
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   • jannesan
   • August 9, 2020 at 09:16 AM

6. Skritter: Online Character Practice, want feedback! 1 2 3 4 7

   By gsaines, December 8, 2008 at 06:19 PM
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   • SkritterJake
   • November 12, 2018 at 06:00 PM

7. The Chinese script has been misunderstood. 1 2 3 4 6

   By Quest, March 20, 2004 at 11:23 PM
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   • Taibei
   • May 5, 2004 at 09:13 AM

8. Handwriting Thread!! 1 2 3 4 6

   By aafrophone, October 23, 2007 at 08:03 PM
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   • davoosh
   • July 7, 2012 at 02:11 PM

9. Learning to read handwriting 1 2 3 4 6

   By roddy, September 2, 2004 at 03:44 AM
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   • oceancalligraphy
   • November 13, 2014 at 09:35 AM

10. Unexpected readings of phonetic components 1 2 3 4 6

    By chrix, February 8, 2010 at 03:25 PM
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    • jbradfor
    • June 21, 2011 at 03:08 PM

11. Scoop up a Summer of Skritter, free! 1 2 3 4 6

    By roddy, June 6, 2014 at 12:26 PM
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    • agewisdom
    • September 22, 2015 at 04:34 AM

12. Most easily mistaken Chinese character 1 2 3 4 5

    By Ian_Lee, March 8, 2004 at 09:00 PM
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    • imron
    • July 17, 2014 at 07:48 AM

13. an article talking about simplified and traditional chinese 1 2 3 4 5

    By 39degN, March 13, 2004 at 03:04 PM
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    • hparade
    • April 22, 2004 at 10:34 PM

14. Traditional & Simplified Characters 1 2 3 4

    By Guest lookseeau, May 31, 2003 at 07:33 AM
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    • Altair
    • November 17, 2005 at 12:47 AM

15. Simplified vs. Traditional 1 2 3 4

    By Jamie, January 30, 2004 at 01:03 AM
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    • roddy
    • February 8, 2004 at 02:24 AM

16. The Revival of Traditional Characters is Coming? 1 2 3 4

    By zozzen, March 13, 2008 at 05:00 AM
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    • yialanliu
    • February 28, 2012 at 02:53 AM

17. Will China ever switch to pinyin as its writing system? 1 2 3 4

    By yersi, December 29, 2008 at 03:08 AM
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    • hedwards
    • December 18, 2012 at 05:22 AM

18. Breakthrough in learning Characters? 1 2 3 4

    By waynewalter, November 15, 2007 at 12:48 PM
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    • Daniel Jones
    • May 18, 2020 at 10:10 PM

19. How many characters is enough? 1 2 3 4

    By JimmySeal, June 12, 2007 at 12:41 PM
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    • Sgt_Strider
    • March 24, 2008 at 08:43 AM

20. Characters that proved the most pain for you to learn 1 2 3

    By Radical Mandarin, January 11, 2015 at 07:39 PM
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    • somethingfunny
    • May 10, 2015 at 03:18 PM

21. The best way to learn characters? 1 2 3

    By trusmis, August 16, 2005 at 09:27 AM
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    • Shelley
    • April 18, 2016 at 09:56 AM

22. What to study after Heisig 1 2 3

    By zedar, January 28, 2009 at 04:01 AM
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    • Flickserve
    • December 4, 2020 at 04:54 PM

23. TED talk video "ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese with ease" 1 2 3

    By Ruben von Zwack, May 8, 2013 at 04:56 PM
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    • CathaySpecific
    • July 19, 2015 at 06:22 PM

24. Learning hanzi -- the eternal dilemma of simple or traditional 1 2 3

    By AJBryant, October 9, 2007 at 04:47 PM
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    • Jesslearnschinese
    • January 12, 2021 at 08:27 PM

25. Characters you just can't get right, damnit! 1 2 3

    By roddy, May 8, 2007 at 04:35 AM
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    • muyongshi
    • November 7, 2007 at 02:43 AM