Chinese Characters

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1. quick questions on Wieger's "Chinese Characters: Their Origin, Etymology..." and on Etymology books in general

   By Ruben von Zwack, July 3, 2013
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   • Ruben von Zwack
   • July 4, 2013

2. Does anyone have the list of HSK 6 hanzi *not* contained in the 2 Remembering the Hanzi books

   By Tomas Tomas, May 15, 2013
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   • lechuan
   • May 31, 2013

3. Online reference to find "vernacular readings" of the components of a Chinese character?

   By tooironic, May 21, 2013
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   • tooironic
   • May 22, 2013

4. Etymology of the letter 沙

   By eladalon, August 23, 2012
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   • OneEye
   • April 28, 2013

5. Learning characters *without* stories 1 2

   By Zeppa, January 1, 2013
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   • ABCsOfChinese
   • March 4, 2013

6. "Bubble style" characters for children?

   By XiaoZhou, February 14, 2013
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   • Koxinga
   • February 14, 2013

7. 中华字经

   By li3wei1, February 11, 2013
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   • Hofmann
   • February 13, 2013

8. John DeFrancis Beginning Chinese & David and Helen in China vocabulary lists complete!

   By ablindwatchmaker, January 11, 2013
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   • ablindwatchmaker
   • January 11, 2013

9. Changes in 滑?

   By XiaoZhou, December 27, 2012
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   • Altair
   • December 27, 2012

10. Stroke Order Changes in Semi-Cursive Handwriting

    By navaburo, December 20, 2012
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    • Hofmann
    • December 21, 2012

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

    By yersi, December 29, 2008
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    • hedwards
    • December 18, 2012

12. Help in recognizing a handwritten character

    By enaskitis, December 8, 2012
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    • enaskitis
    • December 9, 2012

13. A Question for Those with Elite Chinese 1 2

    By waiguoren, March 9, 2012
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    • jhankri
    • November 8, 2012

14. Worksheet question

    By Horcsog, September 30, 2012
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    • Hofmann
    • October 15, 2012

15. what are the stroke names in this radical?

    By trisha2766, August 2, 2012
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    • dona
    • September 14, 2012

16. Groin Kick :D - __陰腿

    By andre.balian, August 24, 2012
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    • imron
    • August 28, 2012

17. Crescent Kick - 旋__腿

    By andre.balian, August 24, 2012
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    • andre.balian
    • August 28, 2012

18. Brush-Calligraphy (neat and legible style) Thread! 1 2

    By querido, April 28, 2012
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    • querido
    • August 27, 2012

19. Help with character, contains these radicals: 月西女

    By andre.balian, August 18, 2012
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    • Gharial
    • August 25, 2012

20. Life after Matthews

    By baernard, August 21, 2012
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    • lechuan
    • August 22, 2012

21. Stroke counts/orders for 馬 and 鳥

    By Gharial, August 21, 2012
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    • Gharial
    • August 21, 2012

22. Extreme simplification of characters

    By Olle Linge, August 15, 2012
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    • 外国赤佬
    • August 18, 2012

23. How accurate are frequency lists?

    By valikor, October 6, 2010
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    • li3wei1
    • August 5, 2012

24. Handwriting Thread!! 1 2 3 4 6

    By aafrophone, October 23, 2007
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    • davoosh
    • July 7, 2012

25. 龜 Stroke Order

    By Glenn, July 3, 2012
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    • Glenn
    • July 3, 2012