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Summary: Learn tips on how to write with the Chinese Radical of mouth in this free video clip on Chinese characters and foreign languages.
Esther-Xiaohua Liu is a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught Chinese at...read more
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 with the radical of mouth. 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: Tips on Writing in Chinese