The
Character Book provides the Chinese characters for the core vocabulary
in every lesson. It shows the following for each character: 1.
Character with its stroke order indicated by numbers 2. Traditional
& Simplified forms of the character 3. Pinyin pronunciation,
grammatical usage, and sample sentences or phrases 4. Stroke order
illustrated by writing the character progressively 5. Radical of the
character with its Pinyin pronunciation and meaning 6. Ghosted images
for students to trace over and dotted graph lines to aid students’
practice Blank boxes are also included for students to practice writing
the character. As a handy reference, three types of indices are
provided in the Character Book: (1) By number of strokes; (2) By Lesson
number; (3) Alphabetic by Pinyin.