This is post 3 of 3 in our series “Chinese Characters 101”, and it’s all about the 6 types of Chinese character. Much easier to understand than you think.

One of the most fundamental questions about Chinese is the right way to think about Chinese characters. Are Chinese characters words or letters?

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 7 – A new Pinyin chart to make The Hanzi Movie Method even more powerful & play to your evolved mnemonic skills.

“Special Effects” is the term we use in The Hanzi Movie Method for advanced memory techniques. Memory athletes use these all the time,we’ll use them, too.

The previous article in The Hanzi Movie Method series was about theory. This article is for when you are stuck & need inspiration for you scene.

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 5 – “Scripts” are how we finally put all aspects of the HMM together to learn Chinese characters with “movie scenes”.

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 4 – “Actors” Represent Pinyin Initials to take advantage of facial mnemonics. Facial recognition is easy, use it!

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 3 – “Sets” represent Pinyin Finals to take advantage of 3D spatial imaging. It’s the Chinese memory palace!

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 2 – “Props” (3D objects) represent the Chinese Radicals, or to use a better term, Chinese character components.

What is The Hanzi Movie Method? Part 1 – The Basics – Why Systemized Mnemonics Make This Method Work. Chinese mnemonics are the key to memorizing every 汉字.