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How to Learn Chinese by Reading Manga
Kevin
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One can easily and enjoyably learn and practice Chinese by reading manga, especially Japanese manga. We'll cover some reasons why, and give some tips on how to do so.
Read more →Guide to Learning Traditional HSK Chinese Characters
Kevin
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Why you should use the HSK to learn traditional Chinese characters, the drawbacks to the approach, and some tips for those who want to use the HSK in this manner.
Read more →The Importance of Correct Chinese Character Pronunciation
Kevin
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Why remembering the correct pronunciation for each character is so important, along with some methods for doing so.
Read more →Chinese Harry Potter: How Many Chinese Characters?
Kevin
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How many total Chinese characters are in the Chinese translation Harry Potter? How many total unique characters?
Read more →DeFrancis Beginning Chinese Reader Review
Kevin
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Why the DeFrancis series of Chinese readers is the best way to start reading Chinese
Read more →Improving the Marilyn Method of Character Mnemonics
Kevin
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How HanziHero Improved the Marilyn Method for learning Chinese characters.
Read more →The Marilyn Method for Memorizing Chinese Character Pronunciation
Kevin
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What the Marilyn Method is, and how it can help you memorize the pronunciation and meaning of Chinese characters.
Read more →In-Depth Guide to Chinese Character Meaning Mnemonics
Kevin
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How to easily remember Chinese character meanings via mnemonics that leverage the components within each Chinese character.
Read more →Creating a Custom Kindle Dictionary
Kevin
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How I created my own Kindle Dictionary to help me with learning Chinese.
Read more →Four Types of Chinese Character Components
Kevin
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Chinese character components allow us to better understand a character, and they have four different types...
Read more →Boring technology and the five-year rule
Kevin
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A simple rule for deciding if a technology is boring and stable enough to build on top of
Read more →Why We Use Phoenix Without LiveView
Kevin
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Our application is written in Phoenix but does not use LiveView for a variety of reasons
Read more →How to Memorize Any Chinese Character
Kevin
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In depth guide on how to leverage mnemonics to easily remember any Chinese character.
Read more →Remembering the Hanzi Review
Kevin
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In depth review of James Heisig's Remembering Traditional Hanzi and Remembering Simplified Hanzi series of books for learning Chinese characters.
Read more →Introducing HanziHero Beta
Phil
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A little backstory on learning Eastern languages, what I hope HanziHero solves, and where we're at.
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