easy chinese writing - yi er san - i write chinese app for iPhone and iPad

* Listed as "whats hot" & "top 100 free app" education chart at itunes store HK in May 2012!

Added English, Japanese & Korean audio translated version along with English, French & Spanish version. Enjoy the multilingual learning experience! We appreciate if you could leave your reviews which will make us better developer. Thank you all.

“Learn with your heart while having fun”, easy chinese writing - yi er san - i write chinese is an app designed to show users how to write Chinese characters stroke by stroke and direction by direction. The app is suitable for any beginners from kids to any age who is new to Chinese learning as well as for those who want to enhance their Chinese-writing techniques.

Each character is displayed with the phonetic “pin yin” system with audio translation in English, French & Spanish. Also added with English, Japanese & Korean audio translated version.

The application features 2 versions of Chinese characters: Simplified Chinese is used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is used in Hong Kong and Taiwan and by overseas Chinese.

By displaying the “radical” of the character in a different color (yellow) you will discover how the Chinese character is constructed. A Chinese radical is the basic component of every Chinese character. Occasionally, there are alternate forms of radicals and pin yin, which are indicated in grey.

Characters in this app are grouped into 12 categories, making it easy for learners to associate the various vocabularies of the same theme. Each category contains 17 single characters, which, upon the completion of the first 17 single characters, you will find five samples of “compound words” based on single characters of the same category or within all 12 categories.

There are a total of 205 single characters in easy chinese writing - i write chinese app and 70 examples of compound words. But these 205 single characters can create and use many more compound words. easy chinese writing - i write chinese app is here to help you learn how to write Chinese in a simple and fun way also shows how to maximize compound words. Many Chinese vocabularies are made up of “compound word” and composing Chinese characters can be experienced as a puzzle game, stimulating and fun.

Examples:
日 (rì: day, sun) + 生 (shēng: birth) = 星 (xīng: star)

Categories (each category has 17 single characters & 5 compound words):
Free app categories:
1. Numbers - 1 to 10, 100, how many, etc
2. Nature – sun, moon, sky, etc

Paid app categories:
3. Size – small, big…
4. Family – mother, father…
5. Direction – up, down…
6. People – he, she…
7. Food – rice, meat…
8. Transportation – car, door…
9. Color – white, pretty…
10. Fruits –banana, tasty…
11. Body – eye, listen…
12. Weather – rain, snow…