Reading: Learn the 108 most commonly used Chinese radicals, each radical’s name, origin, and meaning. Understanding the 108 radicals makes it much easier to recognize any Chinese character.
Typing: Once you’ve learned how to use PinYin (Chinese to English phonetic rules) and read a few Chinese characters, learning how to type in Chinese is VERY easy. Typing in Chinese is one of the most effective modern ways that can be used to improve your literacy. It may not improve your handwriting, but it will definitely speed up your ability to recognize characters. Besides, these days, most communication is done digitally anyway!
Writing: If you insist on learning to handwrite Chinese characters, we have good news for you. In just four hours, you can learn the 8 basic character strokes and character structures which will enable you to write any of the 108 Chinese radicals and various Chinese characters. After learning these strokes, you will understand how to write any Chinese character!
