Learning Chinese? Have you ever wondered:
- How many characters are there in total in Chinese?
- How many characters do Chinese native speakers know?
- How many Chinese characters do you need to know to be considered fluent in Mandarin Chinese?
In today's presentation, learn the answers to all your questions about Chinese characters.
To learn more about Chinese characters and what to learn in Chinese, head to https://ninchanese.com/blog/2016/05/24/many-chinese-characters-need-learn/
7. According to the
“中华字海”
Zhonghua Zihai
(the most famous Chinese dictionary)
This dictionary
contains old and
recent characters
85,568Chinese characters
And about 370,000 words
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11. Why do you learn Chinese?
To travel to China?
+/- 1000 words to know
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To live in China?
+/- 2500 words to know
To read newspapers?
+/- 3000 characters to know
12. Texte
Want to pass the HSK test?
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153 303
603
1201
2501
5014
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
HSK1 HSK2 HSK3 HSK4 HSK5 HSK6
Number of words you need to know to pass the HSK
16. TO SUM UP
85,568
existing
characters in
Chinese
5,000
characters
known by the
average Chinese
1000
most frequent
characters
=
89% of a text
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370,000
words total
in Chinese
17. Adjust your Chinese learning goal
Choose the right level
Mind the characters frequency
Master the Chinese characters!
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