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"After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire, with literacy reserved for the elite few. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's greatest and most daunting challenge was a linguistic one. Just as important as China's technological and industrial advances and political maneuvers was the century-long fight to make the Chinese language-with its many dialects...
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2022.
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Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that the average smartphone user might find surprising. These "hanmoji" parallels offer an exciting new way to learn Chinese--and a fascinating window into the evolution of Chinese Han characters. Packed with fun illustrations and engaging descriptions, The Hanmoji Handbook brings to life the ongoing dialogue between the visual elements of...
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Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
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Includes "standard hanyu pinyin romanizations, compounds and phrases for vocabulary building, step-by-step stroke order guides, special practice boxes with grid lines, and lots of extra practice sheets." Also features "foundation characters for the HSK A level language proficiency test, over 500 words and phrases containing the basic characters, and English definitions." -- Cover.
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...
10) 1,2,3 go!
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Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2000
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An introduction to Chinese writing describing the construction, meaning, and pronunciation of simple characters used for a variety of words and the numbers one through ten.
11) In the leaves
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Holt
Pub. Date
2005
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On a visit to a farm, Xiao Ming shows his friends the new Chinese characters he has learned by explaining that the characters are like pictures.
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Royal Collins
Pub. Date
2022.
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"In this book, Xu Hui selects and explains. . . 100 . . . traditional Chinese characters with the help of . . . illustrations . . . and historic tracings through seal script all the way back to ancient oracle bone carvings. For novices and experts alike . . ."--Back cover.
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
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This handy book teaches you a new mnemonics-based method to read and write the 430 highest-frequency kanji characters. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an interactive game, printable flash cards, and native-speaker audio recordings of all 430 kanji and their related vocabulary.
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Lingo Mastery
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have. However, how many of them provide you the tools necessary to have a common conversation with a best friend or someone you've just met? Not many at all. Language learners often complain about this - a lack of material that can help you familiarize yourself with the most common phrases...
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