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  1. Formation of Chinese characters, from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/mandarin1/4535

  2. Tips for Learning Chinese Characters- formation & usage of characters (detailed explanation with examples), from http://www.chinesetolearn.com/formation-chinese-characters-liu-shu-%e5%85%ad%e4%b9%a6%e8%b1%a1%e5%bd%a2xiang-xing-%e6%8c%87%e4%ba%8bzhi-shi-%e4%bc%9a%e6%84%8f-hui-yi-%e5%bd%a2%e5%a3%b0-xing-sheng-%e8%bd%ac%e6%b3%a8-zhuang-zhu/

  3. Character Formation of Chinese (focus on Phono-semantic compounds), from http://www.decodemandarinchinese.com/character-formation/

1. Introduction to Chinese Characters (introduces two types of characters formation-pictography and ideography, character structure and the number of characters mastered as Chinese literacy)

  1. iLearn Chinese Characters Lite
    It includes character pronunciation, meanings, formation, stroke order demonstration, basic usages, and writing practice and unit tests.

  2. Chinese Writer from trainchinese
    It’s a point-gaining application that provides 5300 Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters, stroke-order diagrams, English explanations and high quality audio recordings from characters pronunciation.

  3. Art of Chinese Characters
    It has three parts:Find- find the connection part of Chinese characters from the painting.Learn-learn the meaning, pronunciation, phrases, stroke order and origin.Practice-quick review and try to match the Chinese characters to their English meaning.

  4. Learn Chinese Characters-Flashcards by WCC

  5. Skitter

  6. Pleco (English-Chinese Dictionary)

  7. 100 Chinese Characters
    It provides the pronunciations of 100 Chinese characters and explains their evolution with annotations and poems, plus relevant sections including encyclopedia, music and class by means of four functions of listening, viewing, reading and writing.

2. Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters Documentary----An incredible documentary series on the history and cultural significance of Chinese characters in 15 Episodes (Chinese version 8 episodes) made by the Confucius Institute. The documentary introduces the evolution of Chinese characters while also demonstrating the social impact that Chinese characters have exerted on the enduring unification of China throughout its 5000 years of history, and on the transmission of Chinese culture from generation to generation, from

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3. 36 Characters Carton Movie, from

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