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Chinese Character Radicals. Don’t Do It.

by John Renfroe

Chinese Character Radicals. Don’t Do It.

Chinese Character Radicals. Don’t Do It. Why you need to start thinking of characters in terms of functional components. By John Renfroe This advi...

How to Remember Chinese Characters

by Ash Henson

How to Remember Chinese Characters

How to Remember Chinese Characters By Ash Henson What the heck is this thing and what does it have to do with learning Chinese Characters? Read ...

The History of Chinese Writing

by John Renfroe

The History of Chinese Writing

The History of Chinese Writing (and Handwriting!) By John Renfroe This is the first of a two-part series. In part 2, we'll cover modern handwriting...

Meaning and Form Components: What's the Difference?

by Ash Henson

Meaning and Form Components: What's the Difference?

Semantic Components: Meaning and Form Components by: Ash Henson This question comes from a Discussion thread in our Chinese Character Masterclass. ...

Learning Chinese with GoEast and Outlier

by Edsko de Vries

Learning Chinese with GoEast and Outlier

Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored by Outlier; I am a paying Outlier customer. In fact, in a sense I am sponsoring them: I believe in this proj...

Explaining the Directions 東西南北, part 1: 東西

by Ash Henson

Explaining the Directions 東西南北, part 1: 東西

Long time no see! As you’ve probably noticed, we haven’t posted anything in a while (several months, actually). Well, that’s because there are ...

Printed posters now available!

by John Renfroe

Printed posters now available!

We're excited to announce that printed versions of our popular Semantic Component Posters are now available for purchase on our website! ...

New Dictionary Update: v1.5 Released!

by John Renfroe
I just wanted to drop a quick line and let you know that we've released version 1.5 of our dictionary!This update adds another 700+ Essentials ent...

Liùshū and Categorical Thinking

by John Renfroe

Liùshū and Categorical Thinking

By John Renfroe A common piece of advice to learners of Chinese is that you need to know which of the traditional six categories [六書, Liùshū; the ...

The Benefits of Learning Chinese Characters the Outlier Way

by Ash Henson

The Benefits of Learning Chinese Characters the Outlier Way

Claim Learning Chinese characters the Outlier way, i.e., by way of understanding their functional components and how those functional components re...

What is Etymology and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? (Part 2)

by Ash Henson

What is Etymology and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? (Part 2)

What is Etymology and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? (Part 2) By Ash Henson In the previous post, I went over the first three aspect...

What is Etymology, and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? Part 1

by Ash Henson

What is Etymology, and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? Part 1

What is Etymology and Is it Useful for Learning Chinese Characters? (Part 1) By Ash Henson So, what is Chinese character etymology? It’s usually de...