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Foundation · Week 5

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Session 9 · Why characters aren't scary

Radicals, components, and the sound-half of 妈. Twelve characters by the end.

ROHIT MENON · CATHAY MANDARIN
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Session 9 · Why characters aren't scary

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  1. 0:00Session 9 · Why characters aren't scary. Radicals, components, and the sound-half of 妈. Twelve characters by the end.
  2. 0:00Pictures first
  3. 28:00人 大 天 — building up
  4. 62:00日 + 月 = 明
  5. 95:00Stroke order matters
  6. 108:34Say each one out loud before you close the recording. Then open Practice — the words are already in your queue.

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