HOW MANY CHARACTERS DO I NEED TO LEARN?
This is one of the most commonly asked
questions among my foreign students and friends since from my previous post (SHOULD I LEARN CHINESE CHARACTERS? ) that we know there are around 8000 characters out
there according to a Chinese dictionary.
l Table comes from (https://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/topchars.php
)
The above table tells
us that the top 1000 characters account
for between 86.2% and 91.1% of the characters occurring in the real world.
With knowing 2500-3000 characters, you’ll be able to read general publications with
no problem, just like the general native speakers of Chinese.
But if you only aiming at understanding some daily simple signs, texts, or your friends’ posts on social medias,
you will only need to learn 500
characters which cover 72.1%~72.2% of the entire daily written material. If
you want to take a Chinese proficiency
test HSK (http://www.chinesetest.cn/gosign.do?lid=0
).
Then please take a look at the tables below which I found from Wikipedia.
Then please take a look at the tables below which I found from Wikipedia.
According to table 1
as below, you need 174 characters for HSK test level 1 and 347 characters for
level 2 (need to learn another new 173 characters), 617 for level 3(need to learn
another new 270 characters), 1064 for level 4(need to learn another new 447
characters), 1685 for level 5(need to learn another new 621 characters) and
2663 for level 6(need to learn another new 978 characters).
Table 1.
Table 1.
The amount of
characters for level 6 is quite close to a native Chinese speaker.
RESOURCES TO LEARN/STUDY
There are some online free resources where you can study/learn Chinese characters, here is what I found and I find it really helpful!
Online
Flashcards
form HSK
level 1 to 6 with options of simplified and traditional characters.
Top 1000 Traditional Chinese
Characters
Top 1000 Simplified Chinese Characters
Modern Chinese Character Frequency List现代汉语单字频率列表
(Simplified
characters only)
Learning characters can be challenging, but it's a necessity! However, you don't necessarily have to be able to write every single character by heart, as long as you can recognize them, you should be able to read and type with no problem! ;)
I hope you find this post helpful!
Keep up learning and and fun! ;)
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee
www.smartmandarinchinese.com
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Our Mandarin Classes
Learning characters can be challenging, but it's a necessity! However, you don't necessarily have to be able to write every single character by heart, as long as you can recognize them, you should be able to read and type with no problem! ;)
I hope you find this post helpful!
Keep up learning and and fun! ;)
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee
www.smartmandarinchinese.com
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Our Mandarin Classes
- 1 on 1 Chinese class in Hsinchu city
- small group Chinese class (2-4people) in Hsinchu city
- Online Skype Chinese lesson wherever you are
- Online audio & video lessons 24/7
- small group Chinese class (2-4people) in Hsinchu city
- Online Skype Chinese lesson wherever you are
- Online audio & video lessons 24/7
Please feel free to contact me here at
smartmandarinchinese@gmail.com (Katrina Lee)
smartmandarinchinese@gmail.com (Katrina Lee)
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