Introduction to Chinese Characters and their History

In this lesson I'll Introduce you to Chinese Characters and their history. We'll take a look at how the Chinese characters for Person, Tree, and Horse evolved from the earliest known characters that are over 3,000 years old to modern day characters. I'll also discuss Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters.
I hope you enjoy this lesson and find it useful. Also, If you are interested in private Chinese lessons, please visit my website: harbinmandarin.com and send me a message.
Thank you!
Yishuang

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I am learning Japanese currently so I learned horse in the traditional form...

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Why is the symbol for horse used as a question article?

[@HarbinMandarin]

Good question! The question particle 吗(ma) is a semantic phonetic compound, which means part of the character gives hints about the character's meaning, and another part gives hints about its pronunciation. 吗 has 马(horse) in it because the pronunciation of 吗(ma) sounds similar to 马 (mǎ). Please watch my new video to get more information: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2nUdY2rZpmkm7c&t

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Hi Abdul, I will be doing that soon. First, I'm making some lessons to introduce Chinese characters, and after that I will start teaching the characters including how to write them.

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Hi Ruchi, if you are interested in taking private Chinese lessons, please visit my website www.harbinmandarin.com and send me a message there. Thank you.

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