You must learn hanzi & Dolores is a wonderful teacher! Phonetic clues are often ignored. 禁 SHi+lIN=JIN this sort of spelling is everywhere in Chinese but never taught so e.g. also 我=W.u+shOU=WO. Learn the pictograms, then the ideograms, then the combined concept characters. Leave the pictophones for last! The 6 methods of character formation are complementary, mutually reinforcing, and not mutually exclusive! A phonetic component can ALSO be pictorial or an idea! There are lots of perspectives on many characters e.g. 虫 is a picture of a snail from the side, OR a picture of a beetle from above OR is a pictophone 中 is phonetic 厶 is semantic and if you study with Dolores like I do you will learn it all and love every minutes of it! 感谢老师，我学会了！ 加油！！
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You must learn hanzi & Dolores is a wonderful teacher! Phonetic clues are often ignored. 禁 SHi+lIN=JIN
this sort of spelling is everywhere in Chinese but never taught so e.g. also 我=W.u+shOU=WO.
Learn the pictograms, then the ideograms, then the combined concept characters. Leave the pictophones for last! The 6 methods of character formation are complementary, mutually reinforcing, and not mutually exclusive! A phonetic component can ALSO be pictorial or an idea! There are lots of perspectives on many characters e.g. 虫 is a picture of a snail from the side, OR a picture of a beetle from above OR is a pictophone 中 is phonetic 厶 is semantic and if you study with Dolores like I do you will learn it all and love every minutes of it! 感谢老师，我学会了！
加油！！
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