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Plug for this tool I’ve been using for SRS:

https://hanzihero.com/

Yes, it costs a bit of money every month, but it’s incredibly polished and fun (well, for the first couple of thousands of characters) to use. For a language with so many speakers it’s quite evident that Mandarin lacks the cultural foothold that Japanese has gained in the West. Good resources and community aimed at non-natives trying to learn are really few and far in between.



Do they have anything in common with Mandarin Blueprint? It seems to use very similar mnemonics. How far did the tool get you?


I haven’t used Mandarin Blueprint so I can’t say. I think the mnemonics of Hanzi Hero are a bit hit or miss. They’re sometimes overly detailed compared to Wanikani which I’ve also used (for Japanese), which makes them just as hard to remember as the characters themselves sometimes.

Overall the SRS and the polish took me to about 1200 characters in 6 months.




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