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In this video I go over a method for quickly memorizing Chinese characters using mnemonics. It allowed me to learn over 3,000 characters and achieve Chinese literacy, and is the method that HanziHero teaches to help our users do the same.
My purpose for this video is to distill the method, which has a lot of moving parts, into its core essence. The other blog posts or videos I have seen that cover this method I found way too long (40+ minutes! Are you kidding me!) by focusing too much on details. I do not cover some of the intricacies around modifying pinyin initial and finals slightly to make them fit easier into the method, as HanziHero itself does. If there is interest in covering that further, I can make another video just going into that part.
We also have a page on our website that gives a high-level overview of the method for those that prefer reading:
https://hanzihero.com/chinese-character-mnemonics
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Chinese character basics
01:24 - Mnemonics: what and why
03:50 - Character mnemonic example
04:31 - Using the mnemonic
05:02 - Work involved per mnemonic
05:29 - HanziHero supercharges this method
06:18 - Conclusion