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Lightning Mandarin: -- Learn Chinese Characters 6+ Times Faster to Reach 90%
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#35 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language
Learning > Chinese
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Lightning Mandarin: -- Learn Chinese Characters 6+ Times Faster to Reach 90%
Coverage
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#35 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language
Learning > Chinese
#35 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Reference > Foreign Language Study &
Reference > Language Instruction > Chinese
#65 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Education &
Reference > Foreign Language Learning
1. This book presents a “mind map” approach to Chinese character
recognition and learning, using the most authoritative Chinese dictionary.
2. This is a journey to decode the stories behind each Chinese character by
analyzing how the different components make up a character.
(An example page is shown below)
3. If you are familiar with or currently learning Chinese, we challenge you
on how much you know about the Chinese language and culture behind the
characters.
4. If you are curious about Chinese characters, this book will be a gateway
to the linguistic and spiritual world of China and the East Asia.
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Facts about Chinese Characters
1. Chinese Characters are among the most adopted writing systems in the
whole world.
2. Chinese Characters hold the record for longest continuous use in main
languages of human history. They are dated since 1300 B.C..
3. Chinese Characters are key to the culture of East Asia, which is slightly
bigger than Europe and has 1.5 billion people (i.e. one out of five people
on earth).
4. It is believed that Chinese Characters are among the key factors in
maintaining the unity of China.
5. Chinese Characters are adapted and widely used in Japanese, Korea, and
Vietnamese.
6. Chinese Characters are known as “Square” Characters (方块字 fang kuai
zi), with little circular shapes.
7. Simplified Chinese Characters are used in China, Singapore, Malaysia, and
Indonesia. Traditional Chinese Characters are used in Taiwan, Hongkong and
Macau, as well as in old Chinese books.
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Chinese Characters by Numbers
1. There are only about 3000 most frequently used Chinese Characters.
2. Chinese Characters are made up of ~200 graphical components, also known
as Radicals.
3. The total number of Chinese Characters in dictionaries are beyond 20k.
4. The Chinese-text coverage by high-frequency Chinese characters is as
follows:
The first 100 cover ~40%.
The first 300 cover ~60%.
The first 600 cover ~76%.
The first 1000 cover ~86%.
The first 1300 cover ~90%.
The first 2000 cover ~95%.
The first 3500 cover ~99%.
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Facts about “Lightning Mandarin”
1. Shuowen Jieji (说文解字) was used as a basis for analyzing character
origins. This is an authoritative Chinese dictionary compiled in the Han
Dynasty ( 100A.D.) by Xu Shen (许慎), revealing the origins of Chinese
characters based on their shape evolution throughout the years.
2. Ancient versions of Chinese characters 篆体 (zhuan ti) are used to
facilitate the understanding of modern Chinese characters.
3. In case the ancient versions have changed significantly and/or lost its
eminent influence on the modern writings, we will not follow its evolution
here for simplicity.
4. Although the main focus of the book is on simplified characters, the
traditional version are given in smaller font nearby.
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The Layout of “Lightning Mandarin”
Part I (Core):
The 48 most frequent radicals, and most of them are also common characters.
Those are primary radicals, which generate other radicals. They are grouped
into (1) Environment, (2) Life, (3) Activities, (4) Daily Items, (5) Space,
(6) Connection, (7) Description, and (8) Parts.
Part II (Component):
Additional 100+ common radicals. Most of them are also common characters.
They are either: (1) Primary radicals, or (2) Derivative radicals (
generated from primary radicals).
Part III (Compound):
Additional 600 high frequency characters derived from the 48 Core Radicals
from Part I
Additional 300 high frequency characters derived from the 100+ common
Radicals from Part II
High frequency phrases (HSK Level 1-3) are given, along with the
corresponding characters in Part III.
The knowledge about radicals and character generation discussed in this book
will help you easily and swiftly reach a Chinese-text coverage of 90% and
way beyond.
Book 1 only contains the first part of Part III. The upcoming Book 2 will
complete this section. |
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