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Jul 23, 2024 17 min

207 - Chinese character variants and font differences for language learners

from Hacking Chinese Podcast Hosted by Olle Linge

Small details sometimes matter when writing Chinese characters, but sometimes they don't. Figuring out which details to pay attention to is made harder by character variants and font differences! #learnchinese #chineselanguage #chinesefonts #languagelearning #chinesetips Link to article: Chinese character variants and font differences for language learners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-character-variants-and-fonts-for-language-learners/ Kickstart your learning with the Skritter Character Course: https://www.hackingchinese.com/kickstart-your-learning-with-the-skritter-character-course/ Learning simplified and traditional Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/simplified-and-traditional-chinese/ The History of Chinese Fonts (Skritter Chinese - YouTube): https://youtu.be/YyNWvS-Sauw?si=w_L75973oOQw1Ah6 Chinese variant character dictionary: https://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/ Zi.tools: https://zi.tools/zi/ How to verify that you use the right Chinese font: https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-verify-that-you-use-the-right-chinese-font/ Variant Chinese characters (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Chinese_character More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hackingchinese.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

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