Ep. 309 - Dealing with Chinese characters you keep mixing up

When we first start learning Chinese, each new character is hard to learn, but as we learn more, it gets easier. But a new problem soon appears: Mixing up similar characters. #learnchinese #characters #vocabulary #forgetting Link to the article this podcast episode is based on: Dealing with Chinese characters you keep mixing up: https://www.hackingchinese.com/dealin... The real challenge with learning Chinese characters: https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-re... Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning: https://www.hackingchinese.com/skritt... Anki, the best of spaced repetition software: https://www.hackingchinese.com/anki-a... How to learn Chinese characters as a beginner: https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to... Which words you should learn and where to find them: https://www.hackingchinese.com/which-... 5 websites to help answer your questions about Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/5-webs... Chinese characters and words that refuse to stick: Killing leeches: https://www.hackingchinese.com/killin... Zooming in: The tools you need to break down and understand Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/zoomin... Zooming out: The resources you need to put Chinese in context: https://www.hackingchinese.com/zoomin... Panning: Keeping similar Chinese characters and words separate: https://www.hackingchinese.com/pannin... Dealing with near-synonyms in Chinese as an independent learner: https://www.hackingchinese.com/dealin... How to make Chinese easier by using mnemonics and memory techniques: https://www.hackingchinese.com/memory... Phonetic components, part 2: Hacking Chinese characters: https://www.hackingchinese.com/phonet... 7 mistakes I made when writing Chinese characters and what I learnt from them: https://www.hackingchinese.com/7-mist... More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found at https://www.hackingchinese.com Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)