207 - Chinese character variants and font differences for language learners

Hacking Chinese Podcast

Small details sometimes matter when writing Chinese characters, but sometimes they don't. Figuring out which details to pay attention to is made harder by character variants and font differences!

#learnchinese #chineselanguage #chinesefonts #languagelearning #chinesetips

Link to article: Chinese character variants and font differences for language learners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-character-variants-and-fonts-for-language-learners/

Kickstart your learning with the Skritter Character Course: https://www.hackingchinese.com/kickstart-your-learning-with-the-skritter-character-course/

Learning simplified and traditional Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/simplified-and-traditional-chinese/

The History of Chinese Fonts (Skritter Chinese - YouTube): https://youtu.be/YyNWvS-Sauw?si=w_L75973oOQw1Ah6

Chinese variant character dictionary: https://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/

Zi.tools: https://zi.tools/zi/

How to verify that you use the right Chinese font: https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-verify-that-you-use-the-right-chinese-font/

Variant Chinese characters (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Chinese_character

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Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)