Ping-gam
Go unveils the mystery of Chinese writing by providing and describing
the historical pictograph for each character, thus aiding the reader
to identify, learn and memorize Chinese characters. The book includes:
- Character finder, divided into simple, intermediate,
and complex categories
- As a means to teach 60 of the most common Chinese
characters, Mr. Go provides a photographic survey of a walking
tour through San Francisco Chinatown, complete with a street map
of the walking tour and full explanations of the signs
- Dictionary of 68 characters containing: the ancestral
pictograph, the traditional Chinese character, the definition
with the explanation of the ancestral roots of the character,
and cross-references to the Chinatown photo section.
- Dozens of practice exercises to help you memorize
the meanings of the signs in Chinatown.
- General index to dictionary entries.
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