Newly Compiled "Bridge of Chinese Characters" (Set of Two Volumes)

Author: Shi Zhengyu
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a fundamental Chinese character textbook designed for beginners. It aims to help learners recognize and write approximately 1,200 commonly used characters and about 2,200 common words composed of these characters through the analysis of character forms and the explanation of the shapes and meanings of radical characters and frequently used characters. It lays a foundation for further study of Chinese characters and the Chinese language. Based on the logic of character formation, characters composed of radicals belonging to the same semantic category are organized into units, and explanations of radical characters are provided. For characters that cannot reflect the original logic of character formation, including simplified characters, they are classified according to their constituent components. Some characters that do not have an original logic of character formation, as well as some that are difficult to classify or cannot be used alone, are categorized based on the other characters in the disyllabic words they participate in. At the end of each unit, a section on basic knowledge is included, briefly explaining the fundamental theories of Chinese characters, writing rules, etc. The simplified and traditional character comparison section lists the traditional characters corresponding to the simplified characters appearing in the unit.