The Ultimate Chinese Character Course

The smarter way towards learning 1000's of Chinese characters

What you'll learn
Mandarin Chinese Characters
Mandarin Chinese linguisitcs
Requirements
No
Description
In this course, you will learn how Chinese characters work so that you can learn them efficiently, and effectively. By the end of the course, you will know 150 high-use characters, as well as the skills needed to learn thousands more…Skritter has taught tens of thousands of students Chinese characters since 2008. Using all of our expertise, we have condensed what we've learned over the years into this video series.The course takes you on a journey of discovery through time, going right back to ancient times, with simple characters that originally started out as pictures, similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs.We will then learn how these simple shapes were combined to create more complicated forms.Finally, we will learn all of the ways that Modern Chinese characters are now composed, which uses both sound and meaning components to make thousands of words.This course is ideal for self studiers, absolute beginners, seasoned pros, or those in classes, or learning with a tutor - Basically anyone that has an interest in Chinese and a willingness to learn.Associated with the course are: 15+ in-depth lessons2+ hours video contentPrintable character worksheets PDF's (simplified and traditional) Special access to our spaced repetition appsText transcriptsEnglish captionsWe can't wait to see you on the inside, so sign up today for the Skritter Ultimate Character Course.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Get 1 Month of Free Skritter Access

Lecture 3 Printable Character Worksheets

Section 2: Basic Characters: Meaning and Form

Lecture 4 Pictographs

Lecture 5 More Pictographs

Lecture 6 Simple Ideographs

Lecture 7 Stroke Order Rules

Section 3: Compound Characters: Combining Meaning

Lecture 8 Semantic Compounds

Lecture 9 Character Composition

Lecture 10 Shape-Shifting Characters

Lecture 11 Complex Pictographs

Section 4: More Compounds: Sound and Meaning

Lecture 12 Phono-Semantic Compounds

Lecture 13 More Phono-Semantic Compounds

Lecture 14 Even More Phono-Semantic Compounds

Section 5: Chinese Characters in Context: Putting It All Together

Lecture 15 The Chaotic Nature of Chinese Characters

Lecture 16 The Most Common Chinese Characters

Lecture 17 Word Formation

Lecture 18 Chinese Character Variation (Simplified vs Traditional)

Beginner or intermediate Mandarin Chinese language learners