Comments on: How to learn Chinese characters as a beginner https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-learn-chinese-characters-as-a-beginner/ A better way of learning Mandarin Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Is it necessary to learn to write Chinese characters by hand? | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-learn-chinese-characters-as-a-beginner/#comment-142795 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:49:11 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4065#comment-142795 […] How to learn Chinese characters as a beginner […]

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Great! You can find some general advice for beginners here. If you’re interested in content that isn’t free, you can check out my beginner course Unlocking Chinese.

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]]> By: 50 beginner questions about learning Chinese - Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-learn-chinese-characters-as-a-beginner/#comment-100060 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:11:55 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4065#comment-100060 […] I have a bunch of characters I should learn, how do I go about it? Learning characters is different from learning words in other foreign languages. I have discussed 8 principles for learning your first Chinese characters here.  […]

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