The Story of Chinese Characters

Learn Chinese characters through animation and discover their origin

park
yuán
(Mandarin)
jyun4
(Cantonese)

花園 (garden)
園藝 (gardening)
園丁 (gardener)
Classification
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far
yuǎn
(Mandarin)
jyun5
(Cantonese)

遠古 (ancient times)
遠東 (far east)
遠足 (hike)
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ape
yuán
(Mandarin)
yun4
(Cantonese)

人猿 (orangutan)
長臂猿 (gibbon)
Classification
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shadow
yǐng
(Mandarin)
jing2
(Cantonese)

幻影 (phantom)
影響 (influence)
影印 (photocopying)
Classification
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