This book teaches the complete Chinese character set with a total of 2636 simplified Chinese characters required for all the six levels of the Chinese language proficiency exam (HSK). Western learners of Chinese are not only introduced to their way of writing but are also given other essential information on them such as pronunciation/transcription according to the Hanyu Pinyin and Bopomofo systems, basic English meaning definitions, radicals, and number of strokes. With textbook and workbook parts and a Chinese character Index at the end of the book. In the workbook part, users can practice the writing of Chinese characters, both guided and non-guided. The material is organised according to the HSK Language Proficiency levels 1 - 6 and within these HSK Language Proficiency level chapters according to their number of strokes. This will enable the user to concentrate on characters unknown and to ignore those already known. An essential textbook and workbook for Western learners of Chinese.

Dr. Schmidt is a sinologist, linguist and theologian with extensive experience in foreign language teaching. He has a number of widely sold textbooks on Chinese language and related subjects to his credit.