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Common Chinese Characters you’ve been Reading Wrong!

Kyle@Sensible: This is a guest post by John Renfroe of Outlier Linguistics. They are working on a very cool concept for a Chinese learners dictionary built in accordance with sound scientific principles and the modern Chinese paleography. Neat huh? This...

sensiblechineseMar 22 character components, characters, outlier linguistics, reading 6 Comments

Sensible Character Learning System

Learn Chinese Characters | Sensible Character Learning System Introduction

There are a number of existing systems to help you learn Chinese characters. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses. None of them present a complete system for how to learn Chinese characters. We’re going to mix and match, taking the best...

sensiblechineseFeb 05 characters, reading, writing 1 Comment

Sensible Character Learning System

Sensible Character Learning System – Welcome!

Hi there! This page is now out of date. Check out the Chinese Character Learning System in all its glory on these pages: Introductory video and blog posts or Direct to the ~7 hour step-by-step video course Welcome to the Sensible Character...

sensiblechineseFeb 05 beginner, characters, reading, writing 2 Comments

10 Things I Wish I Knew

Black Magic! Phono-Semantic Chinese Characters

This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese homepage to get a lot more tips on how to learn Chinese. If you are a native English speaker learning a European language for the most part you can look at writing in that language...

sensiblechineseFeb 03 10 things I wish I knew, beginner, characters, reading, writing No Comments

10 Things I Wish I Knew

All Chinese characters are made up of the same 200 Chinese radicals!

This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese series to get a lot more tips on how to learn Chinese. Every single character in Chinese, both Traditional and Simplified, is made up of around 200 small “pieces”...

sensiblechineseFeb 03 10 things I wish I knew, beginner, characters, reading, writing 23 Comments

All Chinese characters are made up of the same 200 Chinese radicals!

This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese series to get a lot more...
Common Chinese Characters you’ve been Reading Wrong!

Kyle@Sensible: This is a guest post by John Renfroe of Outlier Linguistics. They are working on a very...
Tone Pair Drills: The Single Best Method for Learning Chinese Tones

If I was allowed to only use one practice method to learn Mandarin Chinese tones it would be this: tone...
Language Toolbox: Essential Chinese Phrases to Help You Learn More and Navigate Any Situation in Chinese

When learning Chinese, it is important to ask questions. When you work to clarify meaning, it can accelerate...
Learning Chinese Characters | Different Methods

Other experts have come up with their own answers to the question of “how to learn Chinese characters”. There...