Edoardo Fazzioli

even for people studying Chinese as a language, or calligraphy.
Personally I liked it, it devotes one page to each of 200 ideograms, explaining the (supposed) origin, and how they are used. For the "usage" part it limits itself to 3-4 examples, do don't expect to learn Chinese out of this book.

Still, I liked it and will try to use it for my ShoDo practice.

This was a lovely gift from an old friend many years ago, and I used it as I learned Chinese and again as I taught Chinese at the University of Oregon. The book profiles the major Chinese characters and their evolution. It provides some character combinations, an illustration and explanation how some characters evolved from pictograph to written word, and a step-by-step guide to how to write the characters. I highly recommend it to students and educators of Chinese.

This was a lovely gift from an old friend many years ago, and I used it as I learned Chinese and again as I taught Chinese at the University of Oregon. The book profiles the major Chinese characters and their evolution. It provides some character combinations, an illustration and explanation how some characters evolved from pictograph to written word, and a step-by-step guide to how to write the characters. I highly recommend it to students and educators of Chinese.

One of those books that tries to link kanji characters back to representational drawings. Complete conjecture, in my opinion, but if it helps you remember, go for it.