I agree too! Just darn I didn't see the turtle at first glance. I am passing on Cantonese to my children now despite not being able to read and write, but I know that Cantonese is still using the traditional letters. Personally I find them more beautiful too, but if I would someday learn to read and write, I admit that the simplified version seems less daunting? Unless I can see pictures in all the other traditional characters like this little turtle here too!
In my opinion — it’s easier to go from traditional to simplified than the other way around!! There’s a lot of overlap & there are some patterns in terms of how they substitute radicals, so would encourage you to give traditional a shot especially if you’re learning it for Cantonese :)
Thanks for the encouragement! If I ever get to learning to read and write Cantonese I will! For now I hit traditional characters with jyut ping books to read to my kids. Luckily they are still young so it's still possible for picture books.
For a second, I thought you meant like, cartoon character, and was expecting Xiyangyang or something xD This reminds me of a cartoon my brother and I used to watch when we were younger (on DVDs!) about a cat who teaches a pair of tiger brothers chinese characters and the history behind how they got simplified to what we know now. I wonder if my mom still has the collection haha
I'm still looking for a resource that teaches Chinese character in a more natural way! Pictograms, radicals and other helpful etymological explanations. I love this one, thank you for sharing!
It's definitely not an easy journey!! I do feel like radicals hold the keys for the most part, but it's still really difficult to remember everything. Thank goodness for typing, makes writing in Chinese more like reading haha!
I agree too! Just darn I didn't see the turtle at first glance. I am passing on Cantonese to my children now despite not being able to read and write, but I know that Cantonese is still using the traditional letters. Personally I find them more beautiful too, but if I would someday learn to read and write, I admit that the simplified version seems less daunting? Unless I can see pictures in all the other traditional characters like this little turtle here too!
In my opinion — it’s easier to go from traditional to simplified than the other way around!! There’s a lot of overlap & there are some patterns in terms of how they substitute radicals, so would encourage you to give traditional a shot especially if you’re learning it for Cantonese :)
Thanks for the encouragement! If I ever get to learning to read and write Cantonese I will! For now I hit traditional characters with jyut ping books to read to my kids. Luckily they are still young so it's still possible for picture books.
For a second, I thought you meant like, cartoon character, and was expecting Xiyangyang or something xD This reminds me of a cartoon my brother and I used to watch when we were younger (on DVDs!) about a cat who teaches a pair of tiger brothers chinese characters and the history behind how they got simplified to what we know now. I wonder if my mom still has the collection haha
Oooo I don't know about that show!! Let me know if you find out the name of it!
I'm still looking for a resource that teaches Chinese character in a more natural way! Pictograms, radicals and other helpful etymological explanations. I love this one, thank you for sharing!
It's definitely not an easy journey!! I do feel like radicals hold the keys for the most part, but it's still really difficult to remember everything. Thank goodness for typing, makes writing in Chinese more like reading haha!
That's so cool!
Glad you liked it Tanya :)