Visual Patterns in Chinese Characters: From Pictographs like 日 and 月 to 明天
How to remember Chinese characters? through visual patterns and meaning, not memorization. From 日 (sun) + 月 (moon) = 明 (bright) to 明天 (tomorrow).
Dr. Haiyan Fan
Dr. Fan is a TEDx speaker & award-winning educator known for her cognitively efficient way to Mandarin, blending linguistics, UX design to teach Chinese through visuals & logic patterns - Learn1Know10
Conquering Chinese Through 6 Insights - 1 & 2
In this first installment of the Conquering Chinese series, Dr. Fan shares two foundational insights from over a decade of teaching, researching and thinking: how your native language can become your learning superpower — and why choosing the right method makes all the difference.
Conquering Chinese through Sound, Rhythm & Rhyme - Insight 4 of 6
Chinese pedagogy often mirrors methods for alphabetic languages—an approach that fails to harness Mandarin’s unique linguistic nature. This essay shows how rhythm, rhyme, and tonal groupings tap into natural auditory learning to help learners internalize Mandarin sound more effectively.