First quarter of the “365 Characters” workbook

The first part of the course focuses on mastering the basics of Chinese writing.

It includes 91 essential characters that provide a convenient starting point for learning Chinese. These are the characters most frequently encountered in the first lessons of textbooks, everyday dialogues, and simple texts.

By studying them, you will learn to write basic character strokes correctly, become familiar with the most common radicals, master stroke order, and begin to understand how Chinese writing works.

The workbook is part of the original character self-study system developed by the «About Chinese in Russian» website. Each character includes stroke order, pronunciation, translation, radical information, and a link to the website’s dictionary entry, where writing animation, audio, and usage examples are available.

By the end of the first part, you will already be able to read and write dozens of simple words and sentences independently and will have a solid foundation for further Chinese study.

The first part includes the following characters:

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叫姓问请谢再见好多少冷热

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