Learn to Read Chinese—Actually Read It
You want to understand the menu at a restaurant. You want to know what "攻撃" (attack) means in a game. You want to look at a sign and know what it says instead of pulling out your phone.
This is that.
What You're Actually Learning
We teach you all 214 radicals—the building blocks that make up Chinese characters. These aren't optional. They're the foundation. Once you know them, you stop seeing random squiggles and start seeing structure. A character becomes a puzzle you can actually solve.
Then you pick your topics. Maybe you want gaming vocabulary (HP, magic, power, defense, items). Maybe it's restaurant menus (dishes, ingredients, prices, cooking methods). Maybe it's tech terms. Whatever you pick, you learn the actual words people use in those contexts. Not textbook phrases. Real words from real menus, real games, real contexts.
This teaches you to read. Not to speak. Not for a conversation. For reading. If you want to have full conversations or speak fluently, you need something else. We're honest about that limitation. This is reading comprehension.
Why This Works
Your brain learns patterns. Chinese is patterns. Each radical appears in dozens of characters. Once you've seen 攻 (attack) enough times, you start recognizing it everywhere. Same with 撃 (strike/hit). Combine them and you know the word before you even look it up.
We use spaced repetition. That's the science part. You see a radical or word again right when you're about to forget it. Not before (waste of time), not after (you've lost it). That sweet spot in the middle where your brain has to work a little, then the connection hardens.
The Radicals Game
Pattern recognition. You see a radical, you recognize it. The system adapts. Getting them wrong? You see them again faster. On a streak? You keep going. It's like a puzzle that adjusts its difficulty to exactly where you are.
The Words Game
Takes those radicals and builds vocabulary. You see a game menu in Chinese? You can break it down now. You see a restaurant menu? The words start making sense. You're not memorizing lists—you're learning patterns that actually stick.
Streaks Matter
Study today, you break the streak if you skip tomorrow. Sounds simple, but it works. A few weeks in and you don't want to break it. Suddenly you're spending 15 minutes a day without it feeling like a chore. That's how reading skills actually build—not in marathon sessions, but in consistent daily contact.
Who This Is For
You if you like puzzles. You if you want to order food in Chinese. You if you want to play games without constantly pausing to translate. You if you see Chinese text and actually want to understand it instead of giving up.
Not you if you want to speak fluently or have conversations. That's a different skill requiring listening, speaking, and response patterns. We're not teaching that. We're teaching recognition and reading.
What You'll Actually Be Able to Do
After a few months: read a restaurant menu and understand most words. Look at a game interface and know what the buttons do. See signs and understand them. Read simple text. Not fluently, not perfectly, but actually read it.
That's the point. Not another language app that claims to teach you "conversational Mandarin in 30 days." Just honest reading skill.
See It in Action
This is what learning to read Chinese actually looks like
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Start with 15 minutes a day. Build a streak. Learn patterns that stick.
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