Characters (汉字/漢字) are the biggest hurdle facing many learners on their path to Chinese excellence. In this group we're going to cover the 3000 most common characters and their usage.
http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-vierkant/2/569/939
This dictionary and accompanying CC-CEDICT project are quickly becoming a very respectable source of data. I'm using it more and more often these days.
First of all, I won't tell you that Yellowbridge.com is an authority on character etymologies, although they do seem to be constantly updating their site with more accurate data. What I will tell you is that they may be right that 子 plays some kind of ph...
thanks mark. I've been trying to understand how 考 [to check, to verify, to test, to examine, to take an exam] has something to do with age. I guess your knowledge has to mature before you're ready to take an exam, or you have gotten older, wisdom of the ages. ...
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posted September 28, 2011 
