Hanzi Movie Method
29 articles
How should Intermediate students handle the Hanzi Movie Method?
Do I need to remember my HMM scenes if I remember the character?
Will I confuse props (e.g., 早 'alarm clock') with words that have the same meaning (闹钟)?
Phase 4 stories are tough, am I behind?
How to distinguish between characters with the same components in different positions (办 vs. 为)
What if the props don't correspond perfectly to the character in the HMM? (e.g., 母 -> ㇆ + 七 + 丶丶)
What should I do if my props are getting mixed up in my scenes?
Do I really need to learn a whole mnemonic scene to remember a Chinese character?
Should I write down my movie scenes?
Why use the HMM for 口 but not 一 二 三?
Can I change a prop part way through this course?
Phase 4 is tough! I'm feeling a bit frustrated, what should I do?
How do I deal with props that have more than one shape? (e.g., 亿 -> 飞；冫 -> 飞)
What should I do if I forget an element (i.e, actor, prop, set) of my HMM scene?
Does it matter if I remember a character but not my HMM scene?
What if two characters components look similar? Should I choose different props for them?
Should I be able to understand and output 汉字 and words from Phase 1 and 2 while still in Phase 2?
Can I connect how I learn the 人 and 亻 props in the Hanzi Movie Method?
How to distinguish between similar looking characters? (e.g, 土 vs. 士)
Can I have more that one prop represent a single character component?
Must my HMM actor be female? Male? Fictional? God?
What does the "-Ø Null" set indicate in the HMM?
Why is the prop for 半 bàn different from the movie scene for 半?
How should I divide the props in 年 nián - 'year'?
Why is it "wu-/u" for fictional actors in some characters? (e.g., 我 wǒ)
How to deal with prop form changes?
Why not show all meanings of a 汉字 in a make a movie lesson keyword?
Why do character components mutate? How to deal with this using the HMM?
How do I distinguish between 己 已 巳 㔾? (dealing with similar-looking components and props)