Origin of Chinese Characters

This is the German language version of The Most Common Chinese Radicals.

This fascinating book uses cartoons by Tan Huay Peng to illustrate the origin and development of Chinese characters to their present form. The historical background of the script is given, as well as information on the type of stroke, stroke sequence and Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation. Days, months and numbers in Chinese are also provided in the Appendix, making this book invaluable to anyone starting to learn Chinese.

This book shows the evolution of 500 chosen Chinese characters, simplified Chinese only, with Hanyu Pinyin.

The book selects 631 components, radicals and basic characters which can form multiple derivatives, demonstrates their development from shell and bone form, bronze inscription, to seal characters, and clearly explains their origins through hundreds of illustrations.

Günter A. Hank: Neue Wege zu den Chinesischen Schriftzeichen [German Edition].

A Crash Course in Chinese Characters is a primer for foreign learners containing 100 representative characters commonly used which are all interestingly presented. You can learn how to read and write each character; analyses, practice and additional words for each character are provided.

Like Pictures - Like Chinese is an artistically valuable Chinese character discovery book for Chinese children. After ten years of field study in oracle bone script (note: oracle bone inscriptions are an original form of Chinese characters), a father edited this book for his three-year-old daughter in order to teach her the correct Chinese character learning method. He teamed up with an illustrious group, including a child psychologist and a children's book illustrator. The result is this unique works.

Encounters - Character Writing Workbook 1. Old and new Chinese characters are compared. With English explanations and writing practice areas. A beautiful character exercise book for beginners - not only in conjunction with the Encounters textbook series.

This volume Pronunciation and Chinese Characters is a supplementary to Business Chinese - Basic 1, providing the students with an opportunity to learn Chinese pronunciation and characters in a systematic way. It is also an independent handbook for beginners to learn Chinese pronunciation and characters.

Chinese characters are an important carrier of Chinese culture. Understanding Chinese characters also helps in the historical understanding of Chinese culture. This book (simplified Chinese edition) offers an overview of commonly used Chinese characters and tells interesting stories about the development of Chinese characters. With many illustrations.