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What is 奐 in Chinese character 换 written in that way?

December 5, 2025 by chinesespeaking

奐 is called “huan” aka Juan which is Spanish for John which is the Hebrew name Yohanan which means “God is gracious 上帝是仁慈的”。奐 (as 换) …

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車 or 車?

November 30, 2025 by chinesespeaking

I believe even basic Chinese learners would know this word. It means “car” and is pronounced “chē”. Except it isn’t. You see, when we recite …

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Did the Chinese Communists introduce simplified Chinese characters as a way to eradicate traditional Chinese culture and make it impossible to read older literature?

November 25, 2025 by chinesespeaking

There was a joke in China that in a primary school, a Chinese mainlander student and a Chinese Taiwanese student are punished for being naughty. …

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How many characters does the average Chinese person know?

November 18, 2025 by chinesespeaking

Some foreigner friends of mine think that Chinese characters are “impossible” to master. What? 50000 characters? The truth is, as other answers have stated, there …

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Private Mnemonics for Remembering Chinese Characters

November 13, 2025 by chinesespeaking

To avoid confusing 左/右 as a beginner, I associated the falling fourth tone of 右 yòu / yow and the very last falling stroke of 口 with the meaning “right”: …

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Which are the 7 most splendid Chinese characters according to you?

November 4, 2025 by chinesespeaking

I have to make a little clever remark here! To some extent this is a pseudo-question. Zhao Mengfu’s Huangting Jing — every single character in it is …

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Is there a reason why Chinese characters are written vertically?

November 2, 2025 by chinesespeaking

When I was young, there were books with characters printed vertically. One of my classmates told me that he enjoyed the vertically printed books because …

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How many Chinese characters do I need to know to know Chinese?

October 5, 2025 by chinesespeaking

As a language, Chinese is largely monosyllabic and doesn’t have a fixed grammar, so learning it is really quite easy — easier than English. If …

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Is there a reason why Chinese characters are written vertically?

September 3, 2025 by chinesespeaking

I am not a scholar, but on this question I am 100% certain that I am correct. First of all, I am Chinese, deeply familiar …

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Do the Chinese still make new characters today?

July 8, 2025 by chinesespeaking

As far as I know, very few. But they do exist. For example, the character “砼” refers to concrete. It consists of the parts “人” …

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