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Summary: Learn how to write Chinese radicals in this free video and easy online foreign language lesson. Improve your mandarin characters today!
China is one of the oldest recorded nations on the face of the earth and one of the most technically advanced as well. As humans we are able to trace back our lineage thousands of years and most end up going through China at some point along the way. The Chinese have one of the oldest forms of writing as well called calligraphy. This is a very difficult and complex series of lines, dots and characters that make up the Chinese alphabet. They also have separate symbols and characters for full words and even numbers.
Although it is not the easiest language to learn to speak there are a few pieces of advice that can help you along your way of learning to speak in Chinese. Our expert, Bo Feng, will show you how to write many different types of Chinese characters and radicals. Bo will walk you step by step through each name and explain each one at a time. Since there is a lot of important detail in each these lessons are invaluable to the serious student!
eHow Article: How to Understand Chinese Radicals VII