Chinese Characters
	
	
		
		
		Chinese characters explained.
		 
		
	 
	
	
		
			
									24 Episodes							 
					Chinese Names 
					The Characters Derived from Pictures 
					36 Chinese Hieroglyphics 
					Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters 
					Numbers 
					Color 
					Fruit 
					Body Parts 
					How to Address Relatives 
					Vegetables 
					Verbs 
					Emotion 
					Stationery 
					The Origin of the Firecracker 
					Words for Illness 
					Shapes 
					Clothing 
					Professions 
					Transportation 
					Home appliances 
					Animals 
					Plants 
					Entertainment 
					The Rebirth of Chinese Characters 
				 
	
 
			
	
		
		
		 
						
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				This video continues with the different shapes.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Now let's learn about some of the things that you will wear in the winter.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				This video continues with terms for clothing.  
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				It's time to learn about different occupations.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Let's continue with the different occupations.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				When you combine different Chinese characters, you can make different words. Let's now learn some terms for modes of transportation. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				This video continues with transportation terminology.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Let's learn the names of home appliances.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Let's learn some more home appliance terms. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				The Chinese characters for animals oftentimes look like the animals themselves.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				As a pictographic language, Chinese characters often look like the objects they represent. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				If you look at the character for elephant, one might see a representation of the elephant with a long trunk, four legs and a tail. This is why Chinese is known as a "pictographic" language.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				In the Chinese language, you can combine characters together to form a different word.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				This video talks about the Chinese words for plants. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				If you look at the characters related to plants, you will notice that most of them contain the "tree" or "grass" radicals. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				This video teaches you how to say the names of some musical instruments.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				This video teaches you how to say the names of some sports and hobbies. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				What does typography mean to you? Why is it important?
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Designing a new font is extremely difficult, especially since there are thousands of characters in the Chinese language.
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
		
	
		
		
		
			
	  		 
	  		
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				Innovation of a writing system occurs by creating a better version of what already exists, which is always related to one's national heritage. 
 
			 
		 
		
		
	
		
														 
				 
										
								
	 
	
 
 
		
	  
 
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