Richard Stibbard's Chinese Characters: Cracking the System

Richard Stibbard's Chinese Characters: Cracking the System, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.5, with 51 lectures, based on 21 reviews, and has 177 subscribers.

You will learn about Be able to read Chinese characters you have never seen before in your life Learn Chinese characters efficiently in their phonetic families Learn new characters quickly by understanding their logical internal structure This course is ideal for individuals who are Non-native learners of Mandarin Chinese or Learners aiming to go beyond the basics of character learning or Learners wanting to master the system behind 80-95% of all Chinese characters It is particularly useful for Non-native learners of Mandarin Chinese or Learners aiming to go beyond the basics of character learning or Learners wanting to master the system behind 80-95% of all Chinese characters.

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Summary

Title: Richard Stibbard's Chinese Characters: Cracking the System

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.5

Number of Lectures: 51

Number of Published Lectures: 51

Number of Curriculum Items: 51

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 51

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Be able to read Chinese characters you have never seen before in your life
Learn Chinese characters efficiently in their phonetic families
Learn new characters quickly by understanding their logical internal structure

Who Should Attend

Non-native learners of Mandarin Chinese
Learners aiming to go beyond the basics of character learning
Learners wanting to master the system behind 80-95% of all Chinese characters

Target Audiences

Non-native learners of Mandarin Chinese
Learners aiming to go beyond the basics of character learning
Learners wanting to master the system behind 80-95% of all Chinese characters

80-95% of all Chinese characters are Sound-Meaning Compounds, in which one part of the character represents, with varying degrees of accuracy, the sound, and the other part the rough meaning. Characters which share the same sound element (or phonetic element) make up families of characters with similar pronunciations.

The (relatively) logical internal structure of this type of character makes it possible to learn them in their phonetic families.

This is the best system there is for learning the vast bulk of characters, and this course shows how you can use this system to learn characters efficiently, in these natural families, how you can distinguish visually similar characters, and best of all, almost from the start, to read characters you’ve never seen before in your life!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Traditional vs. Simplified Characters

Lecture 3: Say "Hi!" to the group

Lecture 4: How much do you know already? – Quizzes

Chapter 2: Types of Chinese Characters

Lecture 1: Pictograms and Ideograms

Lecture 2: Meaning-meaning compounds

Lecture 3: Sound-meaning compounds

Lecture 4: Sound loans and reclarified compounds

Chapter 3: Phonetic Families

Lecture 1: Phonetic Families – Introduction

Lecture 2: The ba family

Lecture 3: Quiz – the ba family

Lecture 4: The bao, pao family

Lecture 5: Quiz – the bao, pao family

Lecture 6: The qing, jing family

Lecture 7: Quiz – the qing, jing family

Lecture 8: The fen family

Lecture 9: Quiz – the fen family

Lecture 10: The ding family

Lecture 11: Quiz – the ding family

Lecture 12: The gu family

Lecture 13: Quiz – the gu family

Lecture 14: The zheng family

Lecture 15: Quiz – the zheng family

Lecture 16: The zhu family

Lecture 17: Quiz – the zhu family

Lecture 18: The zhi family

Lecture 19: Quiz – the zhi family

Lecture 20: The hu family

Lecture 21: Quiz – the hu family

Lecture 22: The gen, hen family

Lecture 23: No quiz this time

Lecture 24: The liang, lang family

Lecture 25: Quiz – the gen, hen and liang, lang families (1)

Lecture 26: Another quiz on the gen, hen and liang, lang families!

Lecture 27: The ke, he, ge family

Lecture 28: Quiz – the ke, he, ge family

Lecture 29: The a family

Lecture 30: Quiz – the a family

Lecture 31: The qi, ji, yi family

Lecture 32: Quiz – the qi, ji, yi family

Lecture 33: The pang, bang family

Lecture 34: Quiz – the pang, bang family

Lecture 35: The fang family

Lecture 36: The fang family – Quiz 1

Lecture 37: The fang family – Quiz 2

Lecture 38: The bian, pian family

Lecture 39: Quiz – the bian, pian family

Lecture 40: The tong, dong family

Lecture 41: Quiz – the tong, dong family

Chapter 4: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Lecture 2: Useful websites

Instructors

Richard Stibbard
Ex-university lecturer, now online educator

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