Chinese characters do not indicate how they’re pronounced. And to complicate matters even further, there are actually two Chinese writing systems: simplified Chinese (used in mainland China ...

The beauty of simplified Chinese characters is in the name: they are simplified. They contain fewer strokes and can be easier to remember for new learners. Traditional Chinese embodies the ...

Trace the history of Chinese characters, and find out how this writing ... are built from a variety of strokes, which are often simplified to eight basic types. There are 214 radicals, each ...

Only 41 per cent of the 700 respondents were in favour of teaching the simplified characters used on mainland China, according to Chinese University’s Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies ...