How to Write Animal Chinese Symbols

Summary: In Chinese writing, a character, or symbol is used to represent each individual syllable. There are over 47,00 Chinese characters in total, however many of these are rarely used. The average person would need to know only about four thousand characters to be literate. Most modern Chinese words contain more than one syllable and therefore require multiple characters to write out. But, a person knowing the meanings of individual characters can often infer the general meaning of a word.

In this free video language lesson, our expert will demonstrate how to write the Chinese symbols for animals. You will learn how to pronounce each animal word and learn how to write the characters for words like cat, dog, pig, chicken, and bird. You will also learn the background of each word and how the characters are derived. If you are interested in learning some basic Chinese words and symbols, let our expert get you started with this free video series on Chinese symbols for animals.