Cheng & Tsui Chinese Character Dictionary: A Guide to the 2,000 Most Frequently-Used Characters

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Summary: the book serves its purpose
Review: The book shows how to correctly draw the character proportionately and using the correct stroke order, but it just has simplified characters.

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Summary: A Great Guide to Chinese Characters
Review: This book goes through the 2000 most commonly used Chinese characters in a way that I haven't seen done before. It is very helpful because it includes just about every detail one would ever want to know about the character. One aspect that I appreciated was how it gave the character with other characters to show its many meanings. It was helpful to see the order of strokes needed to write the characters properly. For those who are studying Chinese on their own or through a class, this is a great book.