CHINESE FROM ZERO · NO PINYIN REQUIRED
See the parts.
Type the code.
Speak Chinese.
Start with the shape you can see—not a pronunciation you have not learned yet. Two familiar components can help you recognise, remember and type a Chinese character.
104fixed components
5connected modules
100challenge points
A NEW WAY INChinese has a visible structure.Follow the form from character to components.
SEE→CODE→LISTEN→USE
01 · HOW IT WORKS
Write Chinese in its natural order.
Every core component has a fixed address. Add a secondary component or a stroke before or after it—following the way the character is actually written.104fixed components
2code types only
43Lesson One items
STROKE + PRIMARY3M2
丿 + 戈 = 我
PRIMARY + SECONDARYOW3
又 + 欠 = 欢
PRIMARY + STROKER44
乛 + 亅 = 了
PRIMARY + SECONDARYQ1X
夕 + 口 = 名
02 · LISTEN, TYPE, CONNECT
A manuscript above. A code keyboard beside you.
Type a code and press Space. The character moves into its box and is spoken aloud.主Primary componentFixed letter + number address
次Secondary componentA letter before or after the primary
#StrokeA number before or after the primary
The colors make the structure visible before the character appears: red anchors the primary component, blue adds a secondary component, and yellow adds a stroke.
CODE
Enter a code
COMPONENTS / STROKES—
?Waiting
PrimarySecondaryStroke
1丶2丨3丿4亅
03 · LESSON ONE
One lesson.
Five connected modules.
Learn a word, build a sentence, understand its grammar, hear it in context, then prove what you know.01 · VOCABULARY我
See and type words.
Learn 43 Lesson One items in small groups, then rebuild each group from memory.
Open Vocabulary →02 · SENTENCES你好！Build real sentences.
Type ten useful sentences, listen to them, and put their characters back in order.
Open Sentences →03 · BASIC GRAMMAR是Understand the pattern.
Connect simple English explanations to Chinese sentence structure and word order.
Open Grammar →04 · READING & LISTENING日月Read ideas. Hear Chinese.
Explore four short readings, type each line and replay the complete sentence.
Open Reading →05 · LESSON CHALLENGE100Test all six skills.
Take a changing ten-question paper with automatic scoring and review guidance.
Start Challenge →SEE→CODE→LISTEN→USE→CHALLENGE
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