1.
Understanding humans
Guest (guest) Decide (decide) Think (think) Suffers (suffer) Teach (teach) Noble (noble) Urgent (urgent) Body (body) Auspicious (good) Thought (thought) Talk (speak) Virtue (virtue) Path (path) Movement (movement) Head (head) Old (old) Hope (hope) Face (face) Ask (ask) Talk (speak) Disease (illness) Fortune (fortune) Thought (thought) Goodness (goodness) Nature (nature) Wash (wash) Worry (worry) Head (head) Sleep well, win, know, eat, subject, child, love, courage, friend, position, falsehood, upbringing, righteousness, affection, sin, examine, rebuke, listen, body, empty, live, rest

2.
Efforts to understand society
Between (interval) Go (go) Lift (lift) Knot (knot) Respect (respect) Compete (compete) Share (community) Study (study) Relationship (relation) Relationship (correct) Rescue (correct) Old (old) Military (military) Authority (authority) Law (law) Period (promise) Group (round) Wait (wait) Alone (alone) Command (command) Room to let go (room to let go) Law (law) Soldier (soldier) Day (rain) Work (work) History (history) Order (相) Order (序) Seat (席) Order (順) Time (時) Trust (信) Night (夜) Field (野) Discuss (議) Cause (因) Entrust (任) Field (場) Before the fight (戰) Ancestor (祖) Live (住) Pour (注) Clear (clear) Village (村) Day (日) Chul (日) Close (親) Release (解) Present (現) Meeting (會)

3.
How to enjoy culture
Home (home) Go (home) Feel (feel) Open (open) Build (build) Form (form) See (see) Scenery (sunlight) Bend (bend) Empty (empty) Observe (see) Already (already) Child (child) Enjoy (joy) Group (group) Life (life) Hear (hear) Beauty (beautiful) Clothes (clothes) Receive (serve) Investigate (investigate) Award (award) Writing (writing) Beginning (first) New (new) God (ghost) Room (house) Desk (desk) Ocean (great ocean) House Ok) Won (house) Won (house) Sound (sound) Make (to make) Miscellaneous (to mix) Bamboo (bamboo) Creation (to start) Special (special) Surface (surface) Shape (shape) Becoming (to be) Harmony (to be) Painting (painting) Flower (flower) Filial piety (filial piety) Instruction (teaching) Record (record) Reading (reading) Year (year) Practice (practice) Transmission (transmission) Title (title)

Four.
The joy of encountering the economy
Price (value) Add (add) Fall (fall) Strong (strong) Light (light) Announce (announce) Firm (firm) Look back (look) Fruit (fruit) Wide (wide) Bridge (bridge) Tool (equip) Root (root) Near (near) Metal (metal) Give (give) Base (ground) Farming (farming) Climb (rise, etc.) Grade (grade, etc.) Amount (quantity) Labor (work) Road (road) Green (green) Fee (fee) Flow (flow, flow) Profit (benefit) Lee) Sell (sell) Double (multiply) Expense (expense) Production (give birth to) Calculate (calculate) Business (business) Select (select) Disappear (disappear) Lose (lose) Fruit (fruit) Weak (weak) Work (work) Important (important) Luck (move) Wealth (wealth) Stack (store) Shop (shop) Hold (hold) Land (land) Position (position) Collect (house) Tong (together) Combine (to combine)

5.
The happiness of learning science
Horn (corner) Watch (watch) Fix (fix) Cell (cell) Drum (drum) Subject (subject) Ball (tool) Skill (talent) Energy (energy) Drawing (drawing) Cold (cold) Bright (bright) Object (thing) Fire (fire) Change (change) Ice (ice) Original (original) Copy (copy) Line (line) Set (set) Speed ​​(fast) Talent (skill) Medicine (medicine) Sun (sun) Nourishment (energy) Fish (fish) Heat (hot) Leaf (leaf) Warm (warm on) Complete (complete) Cloud (cloud) Excellent (excellent) Oil (oil) Disaster (disaster) Electricity (electricity) Cut (cut off) Make (make) Select (choose) Seed (seed) End (end) Grass (grass) Flat (flat) Wind (wind) Sea (sea) Practice (practice) Rule (rule) Plant (plant) Medicine (bind) Doctor (doctor) Wood (lumber)

6.
The joy of learning a language
Correct (right) Correct (correct) Ability (ability) Short (short) Appropriate (appropriate) Against (to deal with) To (to) Fall (to fall) Nothing (non-existent) Different (different) Not (not) Fresh (fresh) Word (word) Seol (speak) Examine (study) Small (small) So (so) Number (count) Tree (tree) Evil (evil) Word (word) Far (far) Wish (want) Over (over) To (do) To (hidden) Day (day) Son (son) Self (self) Long (long) Code (code) Section (verse) Stop (to stay) Government (to govern) Pounding (to grind) Morning (morning) Finish (to finish) Master (master) Middle (middle) Heavy (heavy) To go (to go) Know (to know) Straight (straight) Heaven (heaven) Spring (spring) Convenient (convenient) Down (down) Walking (to walk) Toward (to head) Word (word) After (after)

“As you advance in grade level and your vocabulary and concepts increase,
“I cannot help but feel the importance of Chinese character literacy.”

The reading comprehension skills of a student who only knows Korean and a student who also knows Chinese characters are incomparable.

The child said that studying was like a mountain.
But should we even add Chinese characters to this? A child who often says he doesn't understand why the wrong answer is wrong.
If you read the problem together, you will quickly realize what the cause is.
“Mom, what does this mean?” The importance of literacy can be felt only after becoming a mother.
Sentences that even adults should think about when reading them.
“What this means is...
So...” I get anxious every time I have to explain the meaning of a word.
How can I make this word easier to understand? My worries grow.


I have my own kick when it comes to explaining the meaning of words to my child.
It is to explain it by interpreting the meaning of the Chinese characters.
For example, it is like this.
“Mom, what does reconsideration mean?”
“Inventory” is made up of ‘again (再)’ and ‘thinking (考)’.
I'm thinking about it again.
“Then please reconsider, what does this mean?”
“I mean, think again.”
"good.
So what does the phrase ‘there is no room for inventory’ mean here?”
This is an issue that needs to be thought about again.
If you explain the words in simple terms, the child will often nod his head.
It's amazing.
While my heart is filled with admiration, I still have a nagging feeling that it will be difficult.
70% of our vocabulary is Chinese characters.
However, if you look at children's workbooks, it seems that over 70% of the vocabulary is written in Chinese characters.
In particular, concept words often contain many combinations of Chinese characters.
Is this why 90% of textbook vocabulary is made up of Chinese characters? If you just know the meaning of the Chinese characters, you'll be able to easily understand the words.
It would be easy to guess the answer if you just knew the meaning of the words.
This is an unchangeable fact as long as our child's native language is Korean.

I can't just keep worrying forever.
We need to grasp the concept before it's too late.
You need to know Chinese character vocabulary.
A person who only knows Hangul and a person who also knows Chinese characters will inevitably have different reading comprehension skills.
The same goes for adults.
The importance of literacy is growing day by day.
Why else would a company conduct separate vocabulary classes for new employees?
As social media develops, the importance of literacy seems to grow.

However, studying should not become a burden.
One sheet a day.
Or two at a time.
Children should improve their reading skills by reading comfortably and incorporating the meaning of Chinese characters into their daily lives.
Studying Chinese characters itself shouldn't feel like a huge mountain.
To enable students to learn and use the minimum Chinese character vocabulary necessary for immediate study naturally.
“300 Minimum Chinese Characters Every Teenager Should Know” is just such a book.

“Studying Chinese characters should not feel like a mountain to be overcome.
If you read it comfortably and use it naturally in your daily life,
“Your grades will naturally rise.”

Chinese characters → Use in daily life → Important vocabulary → Writing
A step-by-step approach to learning minimal Chinese character literacy

This book is systematic and practical, with 300 Chinese characters divided into 50 each for each subject area.
There is an index on each page, so you can feel the learning effect as you turn each page.

The way to explain Chinese characters is largely divided into three stages.
If we compare it to a course meal, it would be 'appetizer - main dish - dessert'.
At the very beginning, the various meanings of Chinese characters and how they were formed are explained in an interesting way by a teacher who was also a teacher.
It explains in detail that Chinese characters do not have just one meaning, but can be interpreted in various ways depending on the vocabulary.


In "How Are They Used in Daily Life?" and "Improve Your Chinese Character Literacy!", examples are provided to explain how Chinese characters are used in daily life and how they appear in textbooks and college entrance exams.
In particular, important vocabulary is repeatedly explained in stages from 'meaning of Chinese character → literal Chinese character definition of vocabulary → dictionary meaning → example sentence', so it sticks in your head and becomes ingrained.
If you read this, you can't help but know the meaning of the word.
The last one is “Let’s learn by writing!”
It is a process of reviewing and refining the concept by writing the Chinese character five times.
The greatest advantage of "300 Essential Chinese Characters for Teenagers" is that you can study without any burden, opening to any section and reading one or two pages a day.
It's a natural joy to learn the true meaning of words you've seen often but never really known, and you can also experience the joy of gradually improving your literacy and grades.
When you realize that there is no field in which Chinese characters are not used, whether it be math, English, science, or social studies, it can become a stepping stone for you to realize the need for them and move forward with voluntary learning.
Chinese character literacy is very important not only for learning but also for social life.
This is why I wholeheartedly agree with the recommendation that people with a rich vocabulary live richer lives.
I sincerely hope that 『300 Essential Chinese Characters for Teenagers』 will stimulate teenagers' curiosity about Chinese characters, improve their vocabulary, help them improve their grades, and enrich their lives.