Can you learn how to read, write, and pronounce 105 characters in 2 days?  Yes, apparently you can. The Mandarin Blueprint Method is our brand-new course curriculum designed to get anyone to literacy in Mandarin as fast as possible. It is one integrated system covering characters, vocabulary, and grammar, currently covering over 80% of theRead more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger patent pending curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is a supplemental article in a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger patent pending curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part seven of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger patent pending curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part six of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part five of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 –Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part four of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 –Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part three of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 –Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part two of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 –Read more

The Hanzi Movie Method is a mnemonic system for learning Chinese characters. It is the most critical subset of our larger curriculum The Mandarin Blueprint Method. This is part one of a series explaining the method. Click below to navigate the various parts:   Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 –Read more

(What are Chinese Characters? – Part 1  –  Chinese Strokes, Components & Radicals – Part 2) Pictographs Simple Ideographs Compound Ideographs Phonetic Semantic Compounds Transfer Characters Loan Characters   1. Pictographs 象形字 xiàngxíngzì Pictographs make up only a small portion of Chinese characters (Less than 5%). They are the most ancient and the easiest toRead more