The key to learning Chinese characters quickly and easily is the order in which you study them. Too many students make learning Chinese characters difficult by learning them in a random order.

In contrast, the Remembr.It system teaches you the characters in a logical order that helps you learn faster.

First, Learn the Basic Components

Although Chinese Characters are written as a series of strokes, they are more logically thought of as consisting of one or more basic components. So before you try to remember more complex characters you must first make sure you have a good grasp of the basic components.

Beginning students for example might not realise that the characters mù and ěr here are actually two different characters, not the same character written differently.

Likewise, the difference between these characters is subtle but very important so it’s useful to see them all together and to study them all at the same time.

These characters are also easily confused and you need to make sure you get passed that confusion as early as possible.

Next, Learn Characters in Their Phonetic Series

Over 80% of modern Chinese characters were created according to the 'picto-phonetic' method. These characters include a phonetic component which suggests the sound and a radical component that suggests the meaning.

Learning these characters as part of their phonetic series helps you see the logic behind the characters and means you can easily remember whole groups of characters.

Sometimes the picto-phonetic methods works really well, like in these characters that are all based on the character fāng.

Other times it works well although there is some change in the pronunciation for some characters.

On other occasions it works well for some characters and not at all for others. Despite this, it is still beneficial to learn all these Chinese Characters at the same time so you know where the exceptions are.

Finally, Study Easily Confused Characters Together

These characters for example have no real relationship to each other. However, they are likely to be confused with each other by beginning students. Learning them together helps you differentiate between them.