Essays
Escrever hanzi para logística e comércio com a China, offline
Quem atua em logística com a China às vezes precisa escrever hanzi à mão. Um app de prática pessoal e offline ajuda, mas não é um sistema SaaS de armazém.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Application d'écriture des hanzi en français
Une bonne appli d'écriture des hanzi ne fait pas décalquer: elle masque le caractère et vous le fait écrire de mémoire, avec retour sur les traits, hors ligne.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Classical Hanja vs Hanzi: Do the Components Match?
Classical Hanja and Chinese Hanzi share their structural components almost entirely, since Hanja are classical Chinese characters. The forms map; the readings and usage are where they part.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Do Visual Dictionaries Help You Remember Hanzi?
Visual dictionaries and pictorial mnemonics make characters memorable by tying them to images. They help understanding, but writing still needs recall. Here is how they fit.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Does Drawing Hanzi Daily Improve Spatial Awareness?
Writing Chinese characters by hand exercises visual-spatial processing in a real way, though claims about general spatial awareness should stay modest. Here is what the evidence supports.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Does Writing Hanzi by Hand Help Kinetic Learners?
The 'kinetic learner' idea is shakier than it sounds, but writing characters by hand genuinely helps almost everyone. Here is the honest version and why motor practice works.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Is Hanzi Art, or Did Flashcards Flatten It?
Reducing characters to flashcard data can drain the art out of them. Here is a case that writing them by hand restores what recognition-only study quietly removes.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Is Muscle Memory Real for Writing Chinese?
Yes, in the sense that matters. Repeatedly writing characters builds procedural memory that makes recall faster and more automatic. Here is what muscle memory really means for Hanzi.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Learning to Write Chinese for Neuroplasticity
Learning a complex new skill like writing Chinese is exactly the kind of novel, demanding challenge associated with an adaptable brain. Here is the honest version, without the hype.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Does the Memory Palace Method Work for Writing Hanzi?
The memory palace is great for ordered lists, less so for writing characters. Here is what actually works for Hanzi recall: component mnemonics plus from-memory practice.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
The Forgetting Curve for Hanzi, Explained
The forgetting curve describes how fast memory fades without review, and for writing Chinese characters it is steep. Here is why you forget how to write Hanzi, and how spaced repetition flattens the curve.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Research
Which Part of a Character Hints at Its Sound?
Most Chinese characters carry a clue to their pronunciation, not in a single stroke but in a phonetic component. Here is how to spot it, and why writing reveals it.
Lawrence Arya··5 min