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Posts tagged Lock Screen from the Hanzi Write Practice team.

Chinese ink painting of a scholar crossing a stone bridge beneath the calligraphy 學而時習不亦說乎, illustrating a trace-to-unlock daily Hanzi lock screen
Essays

A Trace-to-Unlock Daily Hanzi Lock Screen: Good Idea?

A lock screen that makes you trace a daily character before unlocking is a clever habit nudge, but tracing to unlock is recognition, and it gets gamed. A from-memory prompt works better.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Ink-wash scene of a sage on a cliff with calligraphy 行稳致远 (steady steps reach far), illustrating an iOS lock-screen widget for a daily HSK character
Playbooks

An iOS Lock-Screen Widget for a Daily HSK Character?

A lock-screen widget showing a daily HSK character is a great habit cue, but tracing it on a tiny widget is recognition, not recall. Use the widget as a prompt and produce from memory in the app.

Lawrence Arya··5 min