Chinese characters may seem intimidating until you remember that we read and memorize English words, not letters, when reading - and Chinese characters are much

Chinese characters may seem intimidating until you remember that we read and memorize English words, not letters, when reading - and Chinese characters are much the same. If you don't know a character you can slow down and figure it out based on its composition The Chinese composition just has many more variables than the English alphabet (it is a few hundred, IIRC)