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[STORIES WITH

CHINESE CHARACTERS

– THE STORY OF THE

LONESOME HUMAN

BEING (人 )] FUN AND FAST WAY TO LEARN CHINESE CHARACTERS

Stories with Chinese Characters (Calligraphy)

A fun way of learning Chinese Characters through stories.

Did you know that the same 152 characters will make up 50% of any

Chinese text ?

The lonesome human being will introduce 11 of these most used

characters. These 11 characters will represent around 4 % of characters in a

Chinese text (3.8935%)

Peter Palme

Jona, 06. October 2012

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Peter Palme

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Further stories:

The Story of the Sun

The lonesome human being

rén = human

Once upon a time there was a very lonesome human being. It had no one

else to play with. “What shall I do?” asked the human being. So it started to

walk….

dà = big, great

It walked and walked and walked but could not find anyone. If I am big, the

human being thought, maybe I have a better view on what is around me. So

the lonesome human being spread its arms.

yīn = to continue

Even though the human being was now bigger it did not see anyone nor did

anyone notice the human being. “I need to grow till I reach the heaven”,

said the lonesome human to itself. It started to grow and continued to

grow and grow and grow…

(Do you see the human being with its spread arms walking continuously

around the square ? This is how you can remember the Chinese character

for to continue)

tiān = heaven

Now the human being was almost so big that it touched the sky.

guān = to close, to lock

Suddenly it could not grow any further. The heaven was locked. The

lonesome being started to cry….

měi = beautiful

Once the lonesome human stopped crying it looked down. “Oh it is so

beautiful”, and it smiled for the first time.

cóng = from now on

And finally the lonesome human being discovered another lonesome

human being. From now on the human being did not feel lonely anymore.

liăng = two

And the two human beings were very, very happy. They played all day long

until they were tired.

gè = counting word, example liăng gè rén = two people

One of their favorite games was a counting game. “I am one”, said the first

human being. “I am two”, counted the other. “Together we are two

people”, they both shouted out loud and laughed.

lái = to arrive, to come to

They also enjoyed a running game. “Let´s run up the hill”, said the one to

the other. They both started to run. “I have arrived”, shouted the first. “Me

too”, shouted the second one. And they both hugged each other.

quán = complete

Hide and seek was their other fun game. But each time they played it, one

of them got scared. It felt lonesome again. And when they finally caught

each other they said with relief.” We are complete again” and smiled.

(The person (人)and the king (王) united means complete)

rán = correct, right

„This is now the best place to be in. I am so happy“ said one human being.

“This is correct” replied the other.

The End.

人 大 因 天

关 美 从 两

个 来 全 然

两个大美人 = two great

beauty

Stroke order (click on character to get more background information)

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