Remembering simplified Hanzi
by James W. Heisig · first published 2008
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Remembering the Kanji I: http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kanji-Complete-Japanese-Ch... Remembering Traditional Hanzi: Book 1: http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Traditional-Hanzi-Meaning-... Remembering Simplified Hanzi: Book 1: http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Simplified-Hanzi-Meaning-C... Take your pick.
on “Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan” ↗…doesn't mean awful. Impractical and slow for our fast-paced life, sure. But the characters are beautiful and the etymology, shape and composition is fascinating. I'm currently learning Chinese (using Remembering Simplified Hanzi from Heisig [0] for characters and Iknow [1] for words/pronunciation) and I find it a lot easier than I initially thought it would be. It helps a great deal to know that all these characters that look…
on “The Chinese character system is a brake on development” ↗…important for reading. Though I do think Scritter, which uses fingers, will result in decent writing skills. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Traditional-Hanzi-Meaning... [1] https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Simplified-Hanzi-Meaning-...
on “How Much Can Duolingo Teach Us?” ↗I worked through “Remembering Simplified Hanzi” and my one complaint is that I wish that it were “grouped by frequency” a bit more. The way that these books work is that the first one is the most common ~1500 characters grouped by radical / component,…
on “12 Months of Mandarin” ↗