The Character Book provides the Chinese characters for the core vocabulary in every lesson. It shows the following for each character: 1. Character with its stroke order indicated by numbers 2. Traditional & Simplified forms of the character 3. Pinyin pronunciation, grammatical usage, and sample sentences or phrases 4. Stroke order illustrated by writing the character progressively 5. Radical of the character with its Pinyin pronunciation and meaning 6. Ghosted images for students to trace over and dotted graph lines to aid students' practice Blank boxes are also included for students to practice writing the character. As a handy reference, three types of indices are provided in the Character Book: (1) By number of strokes; (2) By Lesson number; (3) Alphabetic by Pinyin. CONDITION â USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket may not be included, minimal wear to binding, most of the pages undamaged(e.g., minimal creases or tears), highlighting / underlining acceptable on books as long as the text is readable and markings are not excessive, no missing pages. May be a former library book, with usual treatments(e.g., mylar covers, call stickers, stamps, card pockets, barcodes, or remainder marks). Extra components, such as CDs, DVDs, figurines, or access codes are not included. ISBN: 9780205783816 ISBN10: 0205783813 Contributors: Wu, Sue-Mei, Yu, Yueming,