Chinese Characters in Pictures Vol.1

First book in a two-volume series designed to teach Chinese characters to foreigners. The book offers clear drawings and explanations to decipher the meanings of the character segments that make up the Chinese writing system. Examples are written in Chinese charaters, pinyin and in English. The lessons give precise descriptions of the different parts that make up a single character, clear stroke-by-stroke instructions for writing it, as well as example words and phrases. Gives information about the different phases of development of Chinese characters. The book is organized in alphabetical order according to the pinyin pronunciation of the characters. Volume 1 starts out with the simplest characters.