This book teaches the complete Chinese character set with a total of 2636 simplified Chinese
characters required for all the six levels of the Chinese language proficiency exam (HSK).
Western learners of Chinese are not only introduced to their way of writing but are also given
other essential information on them such as pronunciation transcription according to the Hanyu
Pinyin and Bopomofo systems basic English meaning definitions radicals and number of
strokes. With textbook and workbook parts and a Chinese character Index at the end of the book.
In the workbook part users can practice the writing of Chinese characters both guided and
non-guided. The material is organised according to the HSK Language Proficiency levels 1 - 6
and within these HSK Language Proficiency level chapters according to their number of strokes.
This will enable the user to concentrate on characters unknown and to ignore those already
known. An essential textbook and workbook for Western learners of Chinese.
