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How to Identify Chinese Characters
Nancy N. Seymour
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Description for How to Identify Chinese Characters
Hardback. Teaches an easy method for identifying and transcribing frequently used Chinese characters into pinyin. Num Pages: 467 pages, transparencies, bibliography: p425-427. BIC Classification: 2GDC; AF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
With the spread of written information, non-Chinese-speaking Westerners have increasing need to identify Chinese characters, but they encounter great difficulty when attempting to look them up in a dictionary, because modern Chinese dictionaries and reference materials are all based on the official pinyin, an alphabetic romanization of the Chinese language. This book provides an easy method_by modified stroke count_by which the most frequently used Chinese characters can be identified and transcribed into pinyin. Access to dictionaries and meanings easily follows.
With the spread of written information, non-Chinese-speaking Westerners have increasing need to identify Chinese characters, but they encounter great difficulty when attempting to look them up in a dictionary, because modern Chinese dictionaries and reference materials are all based on the official pinyin, an alphabetic romanization of the Chinese language. This book provides an easy method_by modified stroke count_by which the most frequently used Chinese characters can be identified and transcribed into pinyin. Access to dictionaries and meanings easily follows.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
467
Condition
New
Number of Pages
467
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810822788
SKU
V9780810822788
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Ref
99-15
About Nancy N. Seymour
Nancy N. Seymour (MA, Asian art history, University of Hawaii; Ph.D., Asian art and aesthetics, Pennsylvania State University) is the author of An Index-Dictionary of Chinese Artists, Collectors, and Connoisseurs (Scarecrow, 1988). She is a specialist in Chinese art, calligraphy, and character formation at Honolulu.
Reviews for How to Identify Chinese Characters
If you have ever wanted to learn how to read Chinese, this is the book to begin with...She must be an outstanding teacher...
Larry E. Smith, East-West Center
Larry E. Smith, East-West Center