Chinese Characters in Pictures (Vol. 1) 话说汉字 (1)
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ISBN 1015
Author/Editor: Wang Chun, Zheng Chongqing
Publisher: Sinolingua Co., Ltd.
Publication: 2012
Total Pages: 203 (Paperback)
Dimension： 8 3/16 in. x 11 1/8 in.
From the author:
The American poet Ezra Pound once said: “The easiest language in the world for writing poetry is Chinese.” And in the words of E.E. Cummings, another poet: “Chinese poets are painters”. This book is one which uses words to explain and pictures to illustrate the form and structure of Chinese characters. It is both a collection of poetry and a picture album.
Each Chinese character has a form of its own, representing a particular sound and a particular meaning. In other words, each character is a unity of form, sound and meaning. A student of Chinese language.
In learning Chinese, instead of learning syllables in a word, a student first learns the characters, then a word comprising one or more characters. For example, English word “university” has several syllables, and a student first learns the syllables and then the word. In Chinese, “university” is written “大学”， a combination of two characters “大” and “学“。 In learning Chinese, one must understand that Chinese characters form the basis in learning Chinese.
This book is written for non-Chinese speakers. It is like a guide book which lists about 200 cultural and tourist attraction sites. The characters depicted throughout this book will take a student, just like a tourist in China, into the kaleidoscopic world that is Chinese culture.
Author/Editor: Wang Chun, Zheng Chongqing
Publisher: Sinolingua Co., Ltd.
Publication: 2012
Total Pages: 203 (Paperback)
Dimension： 8 3/16 in. x 11 1/8 in.
- Simplified Chinese with English translation and pinyin notation.
- Picture depiction of the meanings of the frequently used characters.
- Analyzing the structure of a character
- Usage of a character in words, phrases, idioms, and sample sentence.
From the author:
The American poet Ezra Pound once said: “The easiest language in the world for writing poetry is Chinese.” And in the words of E.E. Cummings, another poet: “Chinese poets are painters”. This book is one which uses words to explain and pictures to illustrate the form and structure of Chinese characters. It is both a collection of poetry and a picture album.
Each Chinese character has a form of its own, representing a particular sound and a particular meaning. In other words, each character is a unity of form, sound and meaning. A student of Chinese language.
In learning Chinese, instead of learning syllables in a word, a student first learns the characters, then a word comprising one or more characters. For example, English word “university” has several syllables, and a student first learns the syllables and then the word. In Chinese, “university” is written “大学”， a combination of two characters “大” and “学“。 In learning Chinese, one must understand that Chinese characters form the basis in learning Chinese.
This book is written for non-Chinese speakers. It is like a guide book which lists about 200 cultural and tourist attraction sites. The characters depicted throughout this book will take a student, just like a tourist in China, into the kaleidoscopic world that is Chinese culture.
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