What are some rare Chinese characters?
The Chinese character 稀 is rare. It is often in the news these days as 稀土 or rare earth (elements). 稀 is xi¹ (like c). …
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What is 奐 in Chinese character 换 written in that way?
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) …
Did the Chinese Communists introduce simplified Chinese characters as a way to eradicate traditional Chinese culture and make it impossible to read older literature?
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. …
How many characters does the average Chinese person know?
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 …
Private Mnemonics for Remembering Chinese Characters
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”: …
Which are the 7 most splendid Chinese characters according to you?
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 …
Is there a reason why Chinese characters are written vertically?
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 …
How many Chinese characters do I need to know to know Chinese?
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 …
Is there a reason why Chinese characters are written vertically?
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 …