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Research Topic
1: Introduces to students the basics of how to write
and learn Chinese characters in the most efficient way.
Chinese characters developed from pictographs which were formed
in a regular way with a certain number of components that are
comparable to the 26 letters in the English alphabet. However
, these components are different from the letters in the English
alphabet in that
1) the components are much larger in number, about 300 in which
over 100 are in common use;
2) the components are not arranged in a horizontal line but
in the upper-lower, left-right, inside-outside and other forms;
3) the components are combined in a logical or meaningful way.
Therefore, once one knows these basic components and rules for
arranging them, one can write almost all the Chinese characters.
This is not time-saving approach, it is also an easy way to
remember the form and meaning of a character.
Part 1: Starting from the most basic strokes
Part 2: Learning the characters through the radicals
Part 3: Focusing on the combination of components |
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Research Topic
2: The American poet Ezra Pound once said, "The
easiest language in the world for writing poetry is Chinese."
And in the words of E. E. Cummings, another American poet, "Chinese
poets are painters." The course is one which uses words
to explain abd pictures to illustrate the form and structure
of Chinese characters. Therefore, it is both a collection of
poetry and a picture album, so to speak.
Each Chinese character has a form of its own, representing a
particular sound and a particular meaning, one at least. In
other words, each character is a unity of form, sound and meaning.
The student of Chinese must call on every one of the individuals
if he or she is to really know the personality of each. |
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peaceful, calm, quiet |
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eight |
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the root of a plant, foundation |
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compare, close to |
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pen |
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ice |
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step, pace, walk |
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grass |
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go out, come out |
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beginning |
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from |
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law |
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east |
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winter |
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many |
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ear |
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cut |
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man, husband |
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married woman |
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sweet, pleasant |
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high |
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worker, labor |
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ancient, old |
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light, brightness, glory |
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good, fine, nice |
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fire, flame |
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lucky, auspicious, propitious |
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home, family |
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see |
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cross, associate with, hand over |
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teach, instruct |
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gold, bronze |
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open |
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look at, see, watch |
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mouth |
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prison, firm, durable |
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old |
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thunder |
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power, strength |
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horse |
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buy |
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eyebrow |
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door, gate |
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face |
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(of a bird) to sing |
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end, tip |
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tree, wood |
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eye |
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man, male |
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bird |
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ox, cow, bull |
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woman, girl |
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gas, air |
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take, get |
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go, leave |
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human being, person, people |
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mountain |
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