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Thread: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? Post: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? I just realized that 習 (try viewing it in Kaiti, 72 point font) can look like a horrified person with bags under his eyes and bared teeth. The drop on 'white' serves as a mustache. Not really the asso... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 4 | 3,740 | 2013-05-19, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Textbook/reader to accompany or lag behind RTH studies? Post: Textbook/reader to accompany or lag behind RTH stu... Are you able to take a Chinese class? I know they're not cheap (unless you're in school and paying for education anyway), but they can be extremely useful in that they hold you accountable and give yo... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 4 | 4,742 | 2013-05-13, 1:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Textbook/reader to accompany or lag behind RTH studies? Post: Textbook/reader to accompany or lag behind RTH stu... I would recommend the use of Integrated Chinese, 3rd Edition. We've been using it in our college-level Chinese class and it works quite well. You may be underwhelmed by some of the explanatory materia... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 4 | 4,742 | 2013-05-12, 8:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters Post: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters A short update: Today (May 6, 2013) I've completed my first review from memory of all 3,036 characters. Results: Total: 1847 correct (60.83%), 1189 missed (39.13%). This includes Biang3, which I wrote... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 2,845 | 2013-05-06, 1:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Number of strokes in 豬 Post: Number of strokes in 豬 When I'm unsure about how a character is properly drawn I like to look at it under various fonts on Microsoft Word, especially 'handwriting' fonts like Kaiti and DFKai-SB (which seems to be very close... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 4,188 | 2013-05-03, 8:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Aargh! Please help with *wind* Post: Aargh! Please help with *wind* Wow, that might be it! That would save me plenty of hassle. Thanks a bunch. |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 2 | 1,186 | 2013-05-02, 7:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Aargh! Please help with *wind* Post: Aargh! Please help with *wind* Hi everyone, I'm having a lot of trouble with the *wind* primitive in review. Specifically, there are times where the final stroke hooks sharply at the end, such as in "wear at the waist" and "wind" i... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 2 | 1,186 | 2013-05-01, 3:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? Post: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? It's 10% to evaluate Heisig's statement that he teaches you the top 3,000, but 90% for personal interest -- learning a really rare character is fun. :-) |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 7 | 4,141 | 2013-04-17, 10:20 pm | ||
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Thread: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 knowledge? Post: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 k... Well, I made it through the hiragana and katakana -- probably rushed it and didn't let it soak in. But I couldn't wait! I ended up ordering "Japanese at a Glance" off Amazon. It has really good revie... |
KBurchfiel | The Japanese language | 16 | 7,369 | 2013-04-15, 5:12 pm | ||
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Thread: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 knowledge? Post: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 k... It's fine, he/she is probably just practicing. I completed the hiragana lessons for Remembering the Kana today -- katakana for tomorrow/the next few days. But then the question is, well, how do I use ... |
KBurchfiel | The Japanese language | 16 | 7,369 | 2013-04-14, 11:43 pm | ||
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Thread: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 knowledge? Post: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 k... pauro02 Wrote:にほんっごのかんじうべんきょうしてください、それだけだ。ね? Er . . . Google translate says, "Please get the feeling of your studying Tsu Japan, but that's it. Right?" I wasn't joking when I said I'm just beginning ... |
KBurchfiel | The Japanese language | 16 | 7,369 | 2013-04-14, 4:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Are any wrong translations in "Remembering The Hanzi" Post: Are any wrong translations in "Remembering The Han... I would begin your study by learning the character meanings that he provides. It's crucial to recognize that words in Chinese are generally made up of two, not one characters. What I've found through ... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 9 | 3,592 | 2013-04-13, 6:53 pm | ||
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Thread: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 knowledge? Post: 2 months before Tokyo -- how do I leverage my 漢字 k... [Feel free to move this topic into a better subforum if need be, or to respond by linking to a thread where this has already been discussed.] I've been studying Chinese for about 10 months now and ha... |
KBurchfiel | The Japanese language | 16 | 7,369 | 2013-04-13, 6:45 pm | ||
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Thread: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this book? Post: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this bo... http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Tradit...onal+Hanzi Amazon seems to have it back in stock, or at least they expect to soon -- you can once again buy it new from them for $29, although they say ... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,945 | 2013-04-12, 3:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Need Advice - Mandarin or Cantonese? Traditional or Simplified? Post: Need Advice - Mandarin or Cantonese? Traditional o... As a student learning both traditional and simplified characters in a college class, I hope you'll still consider learning traditional Hanzi. They're absolutely beautiful, and they're used not only in... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 1 | 1,737 | 2013-04-06, 6:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? Post: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? Thanks gdaxeman! That's just what I needed. Hope it didn't take you too much time to put that together. Curious how ladle, while rare in itself, is part of the most common Chinese character (的). |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 7 | 4,141 | 2013-04-05, 8:18 am | ||
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Thread: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? Post: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? Yes, I see your point, but I think this would be more geared to using them within English to avoid confusion. Kind of hard for me to find a face in 目 mu but to each his own ;-) |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 4 | 3,740 | 2013-04-03, 12:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters Post: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters No problem, it's nice to be able to share my experiences. Post any questions you might have as you go along and I (or someone else) would be happy to answer them. |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 2,845 | 2013-03-25, 10:37 pm | ||
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Thread: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this book? Post: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this bo... Looks like Books-A-Million is offering it for $29, but they're saying it ships in 2-4 weeks. Is that a euphemism for 'we don't have it in stock'? http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Rememberi...Qgod9jkABA |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,945 | 2013-03-23, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: For anyone who likes meaningless character count statistics Post: For anyone who likes meaningless character count s... Thanks for posting us these figures. It definitely gives me more confidence that the top 3,000 characters you learn in RTH give you a solid base in Chinese character acquisition from which you can go ... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 30 | 10,737 | 2013-03-23, 12:39 pm | ||
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Thread: is it bad not to learn how to write traditional? Post: is it bad not to learn how to write traditional? "Traditional character learners have no problems reading simplified characters." This strikes me as overly optimistic. I studied only traditional characters last summer and am now taking a class with... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 2 | 1,810 | 2013-03-22, 10:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? Post: Good Hanzi emoticons/smileys? Perhaps you too have found while reading through RTH that a couple of Hanzi make for some pretty good smileys. For example, 少 kind of looks like a smiling person -- you have his two eyes (that admit... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 4 | 3,740 | 2013-03-22, 10:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? Post: Rarest RTH 1 + 2 character? At the beginning of Postscript 1 in RTH Part II, Heisig and Richardson acknowledge that some of the characters (35 perhaps?) you learn in these two books fall outside the top 3,000 characters by frequ... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 7 | 4,141 | 2013-03-20, 7:45 pm | ||
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Thread: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this book? Post: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this bo... Marble101 Wrote:... Can someone please explain to me why the price on Amazon is $180 but it is sold for less than $40 on the website? Amazon doesn't have the book in stock, so all the 3rd-part... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,945 | 2013-03-17, 11:20 am | ||
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Thread: Spreadsheet with RSH + RTH + RTK! Post: Spreadsheet with RSH + RTH + RTK! This is like the Rosetta Stone for Japanese and Chinese learners! Thanks so much for your hard work! |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 14 | 6,860 | 2013-03-14, 8:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters Post: Reflections on RTH I and II after 3,036 characters First, thanks a lot to Aphasiac, Vorpal, Swilkins, Haraksha and everyone else whose stories helped me make it to the end of these two books. I thought it would be helpful to the RTH community if I ga... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 2,845 | 2013-03-14, 6:25 pm | ||
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Thread: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this book? Post: RTH Vol 1 -- Out of print? Where can I buy this bo... Really sorry that the book isn't available for a better price on Amazon. I got it about 9 months ago and it was probably around 29 dollars. Fortunately the other three books are $29, but that's no... |
KBurchfiel | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,945 | 2013-03-14, 5:34 pm | ||