Hanzi Harbour

Chinese
Ages 5 to 12
Ten-minute quests

Trace each stroke from the pier to the poets' summit.

Hanzi Harbour starts with Hanyu Pinyin and the four tones, then teaches characters stroke by stroke in the order the textbook uses. Older explorers read longer texts and build chengyu, composition and practical writing. Every quest is read aloud.

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The quest trail

Four stops from age 5 to 12

Your explorer starts where they are, not where their birthday says. Quests adapt as they go, so they can linger at one stop or race ahead to the next.

1
Ages 5 to 6
Panda Park
- Listening to sounds
- First words in Chinese
- Simple strokes
- Picture stories
2
Ages 7 to 8
Pinyin Pier
- Hanyu Pinyin and tones
- Stroke order
- Recognising characters
- Short sentences
3
Ages 9 to 10
Chengyu Grove
- Writing characters
- Reading short texts
- Chengyu
- Guided composition
4
Ages 11 to 12
Poets' Summit
- Longer texts
- Classical poems
- Composition
- Practical writing

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A peek inside a quest

This is one question from a real Hanzi Harbour quest. Pick an answer: get it right and you earn treasure, miss and a hint shows the method instead of the answer.