How can I learn to write Chinese characters at home?
Learning Chinese Characters – How can I learn to write Chinese characters at home? Learning Chinese Characters Learning to write Chinese characters is no minor undertaking. We have all heard stories of the astronomical number of Chinese characters and the extreme complexity of some of those. However, the truth is that this task is not so difficult as it seems. It is not easy but definitely doable. First of all, to learn Chinese characters you need to start doing it. Today. Pick up a book (like this one) and a pen and write the first character. The first few characters are decidedly easy to write. One is a single horizontal stroke, two is two strokes and, guess what, three is three. Four is where the cycle breaks but it is still not difficult. Chinese children in school learn the same way, one by one. As an adult, you are surely in a better position to memorize abstract Chinese symbols than a six-year old child who is just learning how to hold a pen properly. The first 2-300 Chinese cha
