Chinese prescriptions. Learning to read and write hieroglyphs. 4th edition. Karlova M.

Chinese hieroglyphic writing is the most ancient type of writing that is used today, it has at least 3.5 thousand years of history. In addition, it is one of the most common writing systems in the world in the number of users, since Chinese is the most common language in the world. Chinese hieroglyphs are used in writing not only in Chinese, but also in Japanese. In the past, other languages, such as Korean and Vietnamese, also used Chinese hieroglyphs. Chinese hieroglyphs are an important part of the culture of East Asia. Chinese calligraphy can be called painting - so much it affects the viewer with its aesthetics, a variety of styles and wealth of forms.

Hieroglyphic writing is very different from the usual alphabetical writing. Each hieroglyph means a certain concept, and it corresponds to a whole syllable, not sound. In modern Chinese, about 5 thousand hieroglyphs are used. How to remember them?

In fact, the basic Chinese hieroglyphs that go back to the icon images, there are about 300. They can combine among themselves, making up the whole variety of complex hieroglyphs. Knowing the basic hieroglyphs, you can easily remember complex ones. In this manual, we selected 35 the easiest to write and memorize hieroglyphs. They have a small number of features and are easy to study, since for the most part they are intuitive. In addition to the profits, here you will find a detailed etymology of each hieroglyph, a list of the main complex hieroglyphs, in which they are included as components, as well as a list of basic phrases with them, which will give an idea of ​​the logic of Chinese writing. Let these hieroglyphs become your starting point in learning the Chinese language. I wish you good luck!