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7 Chinese characters that are still drawings — the fastest win for day-one learners Seven of the oldest characters in the script still look like what they draw. Learn these seven on day one and you have proof, in your own handwriting, that characters are not random. 
Why 家 has a pig under a roof — 5 characters that tell you how ancient China actually lived A pig under a roof means home. A woman under a roof means peace. Five everyday characters that are really tiny documentaries about how people lived, worked and hoped three thousand years ago. 
The 12 radicals that unlock 500 characters — and the order to learn them in A radical is a meaning tag hiding inside a character. Learn these twelve and you can make a real guess at hundreds of characters you have never seen before.