TED: Learn to read Chinese ...
ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas behind the chinese characters and their meaning -- building from a few simple forms to more complex concepts. Call it Chineasy.
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5. psBigFanSnotr commented 11 years ago
#2 or should I say, fire symbol, followed by woman symbol... right?
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6. funkyging commented 11 years ago
Mnemonics are great for learning asian characters. If anyone does want to learn Chinese characters ( Japanese and chinese both mean the same they just sound different spoken) then i would suggest a man called James Heisig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembering_the_Kanji_and_Remembering_the_Hanzi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembering_the_Kanji_and_Remembering_the_Hanzi
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10. herrkaleun commented 11 years ago
couldn't decide between tedtalks.com and snotr.com, ended up watching A ted talk in snotr
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13. jackDjohnson commented 11 years ago
Row K, I chink I runderstand now !!!
+24 1. joka232 commented 11 years ago