Learning Chinese. These days, I began to learn Chinese. By the way, I am confused about how to start. I try to memorize basic characters now but there are so many things I need to know by heart.

JunHyuk Kim

Learning Chinese. These days, I began to learn Chinese. By the way, I am confused about how to start. I try to memorize basic characters now but there are so many things I need to know by heart. I feel as if I try to memorize symbols among which there is no relation. Over 50 percent of Korean words comes from Chinese character, though. So how should I take my first step?

Mar 18, 2015 9:28 AM

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RECENTLY, I HAVE BEGUN to learn Chinese.
By the way, I am confused about how to start IT.
I try to memorize basic characters now but there are so many things I need to know by heart.
I feel as if, IF I JUST try to memorize THE symbols, there is no relationship BETWEEN THEM.
Over 50 percent of Korean words comes from Chinese character, though.

So how should I take my first step?

NOTES:

CAPITALS = CORRECTIONS
- “These days” = Recently or Lately in English. “These days” – isn’t that commonly used, more natural to use the others.
- “I feel as if I try to memorize symbols among which there is no relation” = I know what you meant to say, but I’m not sure if my sentence is what you meant. I thought it was more natural to say = “IF I JUST try to memorize THE symbols, there is no relationship BETWEEN THEM.” – I think you are trying to say = I am learning Chinese symbols now, but because there are so many (many exist) I struggle, because there is no relationship between the Chinese symbols. Is this right?

** My advice, learn words, not symbols. If you learn how to read words like; dog, car, to go etc. than it will be easier than trying to learn the symbols, aren’t there 10,000 symbols??? Good luck! Any questions, just ask me.

March 18, 2015