Character practice books! Where can I buy one?

hazelreid
 January 05, 2009, 01:08 PM posted in General Discussion

Hi, I'm new to writing characters and I'm looking for a book of guidance squares like what they get at chinese schools. Does anyone know where I can buy one (website preferable)? I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me.

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Joachim
 January 05, 2009, 03:25 PM

You might like "Learning Chinese Characters from Ms. Zhang"  (http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Chinese-Characters-Ms-Zhang/dp/7561912943). The price is pretty hefty in the US. It's the same in RMB in China - if I remember correctly.

Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Script (http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Beginners-Chinese-Script/dp/0071419837) is quite nice, too. You get some explanation how characters work.

I am looking forward to Nintendo DS "My Chinese Coach" (http://www.amazon.com/My-Chinese-Coach-Nintendo-DS/dp/B001BZ691C) - although that's not really a book, is it??

 

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lechuan
 January 05, 2009, 09:04 PM

Where do you live? I bought a whole stack of them when I was in a grocery store in Taiwan; but don't know of any sources in North America.

 

There's some blank worsheets available from this site:

http://www.archchinese.com/arch_writing_worksheets.html

As well you can download worksheets there for each individual character broken down into stroke order.

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hazelreid
 January 07, 2009, 08:42 PM

Thanks for the help and links. I live in Scotland and haven't been able to find actual books, but I found a website called www.mandarin.about.com, where you can print grids off as a Word document.

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lorsok
 January 07, 2009, 08:54 PM

this is a good program. I like it.