Description: Learn Chinese characters (traditional and simplified) and radicals online to achieve Chinese literacy. The Online Chinese character materials teach the fundamentals of the Chinese writing system. Students will learn how to read, write 1,000 most frequently used Chinese scripts, in both traditional and simplified forms. Pinyin romanization is used. Order online at www.chineseliteracy.net. Created by Professor Der-lin Chao of CUNY / Hunter College
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This website is the home for web-based multimedia courseware for learning Chinese.
Knowledge Essential for Writing Characters and the Chinese Writing System:
The learning Chinese character materials have 18 chapters. The topics include principles of character formation; strokes; stroke order; radicals; character learning strategies; review strategies; principles to convert traditional to simplified characters, most frequently used characters, development of Chinese scripts; penmanship guidelines; cursive writing; printing and print fonts; calligraphy styles; first calligraphy lesson; characters with multiple forms; homophones and characters with multiple meaning