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#Mastery

Posts tagged Mastery 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 an app where drawing a wrong radical kills your Tamagotchi character

Essays

An App Where a Wrong Radical Kills Your Pet?

A virtual pet that dies on a wrong radical sounds fun, but punishment backfires. Here is why gentle, mastery-based motivation works better.

Lawrence Arya·May 30, 2026·5 min

Ink-wash landscape with calligraphy 行稳致远 (steady steps reach far), illustrating an app where handwriting traditional Hanzi yields gamified gacha drops

Essays

Handwriting Hanzi for Gacha Drops? A Better Reward

Gacha rewards can motivate practice, but loot-box mechanics often manipulate. Here is why mastery-based motivation beats gacha for actually learning to write.

Lawrence Arya·May 30, 2026·5 min