DiscoverHacking Chinese Podcast275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese
275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese

275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese

Update: 2025-11-10
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How do native speakers talk about Chinese characters?

The writing system is not phonetic, so you can't spell out words, but it is still possible to talk about Chinese characters.

Let's explore how!

#learnchinese #characters #hanzi #spoken

Link to the article on Hacking Chinese: How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/talk-chinese-characters-chinese/

The building blocks of Chinese, part 2: Basic characters, components and radicals: https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-building-blocks-of-chinese-part-2-basic-characters-components-and-radicals

The building blocks of Chinese, part 3: Compound characters: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-chinese-characters

Should you learn the names of the strokes in Chinese characters: https://www.hackingchinese.com/should-you-learn-the-names-of-the-strokes-in-chinese-characters

Kickstart your Chinese character learning with the 100 most common radicals: http://www.hackingchinese.com/kickstart-your-character-learning-with-the-100-most-common-radicals

More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found at https://www.hackingchinese.com

Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

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275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese

275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese

Olle Linge