Learn Chinese characters by playing, or play as a memory game - Chinese characters are pretty.
Based on a combination of manual content curation and CEDICT dictionary.
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ABSOLUTE BEGINNER
BABY CHICA
The first words that come to mind when thinking about a new language. 40 words and 50 characters that make them up. It might help to know Chinese numbers 1 through 5, and the character for number 10 (hint:+). With some trial and error in the beginning, you should be able to learn the rest as you play. On GooglePlay.
CHICA SWADESH
Prof. Swadesh had a particular idea about what every human language should have in common. Play the game that covers the Mandarin language version of the Swadesh list. Coming soon to GooglePlay.
BEGINNER
LITTLE CHICA
Swadesh list and HSK 1 vocabulary, more than 400 characters. Coming soon to GooglePlay.
CHICA LONG HAIR
Based on traditional tale 长发妹 (Long Hair). Play the game, learn/review 160 words, and try them out by reading the tale of the folk heroine and her magical helper. Based on the World Stories rendition. Freebie, on GooglePlay.
CHICA PIGLETS
Most of the words you will need to read the story of Three Little Pigs. Play the game, then try the Baidu Baike version, or find your own favorite. Challenge: play the game and read the story even if you can't say a word in Mandarin. It's doable, promise. On GooglePlay.
INTERMEDIATE
CHICA
HSK 1 & 2 vocabulary, mostly. Over 550 characters. Coming soon to GooglePlay.
CHICA-PEDIA
175 characters you will need to navigate the Baidu Baike, the Chinese answer to Wikipedia. Find it (the game, not the wikipedia) on GooglePlay.
CHICA apps are primarily games, but they also keep the record of your progress to help you learn Chinese characters, and send you happily off on the lifetime journey of acquiring Chinese literacy.