Chinese Calligraphy: From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters (Paperback)

from kjsmulvihill

This was a lovely gift from an old friend many years ago, and I used it as I learned Chinese and again as I taught Chinese at the University of Oregon. The book profiles the major Chinese characters and their evolution. It provides some character combinations, an illustration and explanation how ...

from kmulvihill

This was a lovely gift from an old friend many years ago, and I used it as I learned Chinese and again as I taught Chinese at the University of Oregon. The book profiles the major Chinese characters and their evolution. It provides some character combinations, an illustration and explanation how ...

from kjsmulvihill

This was a lovely gift from an old friend many years ago, and I used it as I learned Chinese and again as I taught Chinese at the University of Oregon. The book profiles the major Chinese characters and their evolution. It provides some character combinations, an illustration and explanation how ...

from pamar

even for people studying Chinese as a language, or calligraphy. Personally I liked it, it devotes one page to each of 200 ideograms, explaining the (supposed) origin, and how they are used. For the "usage" part it limits itself to 3-4 examples, do don't expect to learn Chinese out of this book. S...