Reading and writing Chinese characters is often considered the most ambitious challenge that language learners face in order to achieve fluency.
阅读和书写汉字通常被认为是语言学习者为了达到流利程度所面临的最具雄心的挑战。
Indeed, the process which has shaped this character system over thousands of years is both complex and long.
的确，几千年来塑造这一文字系统的过程既复杂又漫长。
Although they may appear bewildering at first, Chinese characters are actually made up of different building blocks that form a straight and reasonable structure.
虽然它们起初可能显得令人困惑，但汉字实际上是由形成正直且合理结构的不同建筑块组成的。
Once you catch a basic understanding of the structure of Chinese characters, you will be reading and writing your way across the kingdom of Chinese characters in no time.
一旦你对汉字的结构有了基本的理解，你很快就能在汉字的王国里畅行无阻地阅读和书写了。
Read the following and continue along your journey to learn Chinese characters.
阅读以下内容，继续你的汉字学习之旅。
Unlike the Roman alphabet, Chinese characters are used to show meaning rather than sound.
与罗马字母不同，汉字被用来表达意义而非发音。
In fact, most characters were firstly used as visual descriptions of physical elements like trees, houses or humans.
事实上，大多数汉字最初被用作对树木、房屋或人类等物理元素的视觉描述。
Their earliest forms, simplified versions of these symbols, known as character radicals (偏旁), serve as the foundation for modern written Mandarin.
它们的早期形式，即这些符号的简化版本，被称为部首，作为现代书面普通话的基础。
Making up about 80% of the Chinese characters, radicals — in addition to Chinese pinyin — are an important starting point for anyone who wants to read or write well in Mandarin.
部首占据了约 80% 的汉字，除了汉语拼音之外，它们是任何想要在普通话读写方面表现出色的人的重要起点。
Jump to the list of the 40 most used Chinese radicals and continue learning Chinese characters.
跳转到 40 个最常用汉字部首列表，继续学习汉字。
When two or more radicals are connected, they work together to create a single character; the radical on the left shows the character's type or meaning, while the radical on the right might show its pronunciation.
当两个或更多部首连接在一起时，它们共同创造一个单字；左边的部首显示字的类型或意义，而右边的部首可能显示其读音。
The most of the written Chinese language is made up of character compounds, in which several characters are connected to make one word.
大多数书面汉语由复合字组成，其中几个字连接在一起构成一个词。
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Reading and writing Chinese characters is often considered the most ambitious challenge that language learners face in order to achieve fluency. Indeed, the process which has shaped this character system over thousands of years is both complex and long.
Although they may appear bewildering at first, Chinese characters are actually made up of different building blocks that form a straight and reasonable structure. Once you catch a basic understanding of the structure of Chinese characters, you will be reading and writing your way across the kingdom of Chinese characters in no time. Read the following and continue along your journey to learn Chinese characters.
Unlike the Roman alphabet, Chinese characters are used to show meaning rather than sound. In fact, most characters were firstly used as visual descriptions of physical elements like trees, houses or humans. Their earliest forms, simplified versions of these symbols, known as character radicals (偏旁), serve as the foundation for modern written Mandarin.
Making up about 80% of the Chinese characters, radicals — in addition to Chinese pinyin — are an important starting point for anyone who wants to read or write well in Mandarin. Jump to the list of the 40 most used Chinese radicals and continue learning Chinese characters.
When two or more radicals are connected, they work together to create a single character; the radical on the left shows the character's type or meaning, while the radical on the right might show its pronunciation. The most of the written Chinese language is made up of character compounds, in which several characters are connected to make one word.