Mandarin characters have developed over approximately 4,000 years. But Mandarin characters aren't letters that tell you how a word sounds - they're more like pictures or symbols. You see ...

Karen I. Chen is a writer, editor, and travel advisor. Karen's work has appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Departures, and more. While the prospect of ...

An informative TED-Ed lesson, written by Mandarin teacher/translator Gina Marie Elia, PhD and animated by PeiHsin Cho, talks about the origins and evolution of the innovative characters ...