Chety: Learning Chinese Characters Through Etymology and Morphology
Chety is an educational app for learning Mandarin Chinese through the structure and history of Chinese characters.
What Chety brings together
Chety connects character etymology, morphology, and historical evolution with practical study tools:
- character and word exploration
- a word dictionary and pronunciation
- flashcards for review
- visual views of character evolution
- an interactive reader for learning in context
The aim is to make the writing system more legible. A character can be studied as a form with components, historical development, pronunciation, and relationships to the words in which it appears.
Sources and learning
Chety is based on the work of Pedro Ceinos-Arcones. That foundation supports an approach in which learners can move between individual characters, vocabulary, and reading rather than treating them as isolated tasks.
The project belongs alongside my broader work on educational software for language structure, including Schola Interlingua, a free and open-source platform for Interlingua IALA.
Find Chety
Ian Blas is a developer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, building educational software for Mandarin Chinese, Interlingua IALA, etymology, morphology, writing systems, and open-source language learning.
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