Ask HN: Could a game help people intuitively learn Chinese characters?
I’ve been thinking about how Chinese characters are usually learned — mostly through memorization.
But many characters are actually compositional, built from smaller components with structural patterns.
This made me wonder:
Could interacting with the structure help people learn more intuitively?
I’ve been experimenting with a small game where:
* You place components on a grid
* Combine them into real characters Formed characters affect the game state
* The goal isn’t to replace learning, but to see if this makes the structure easier to “feel”.
I’m curious:
If you’re learning Chinese, would something like this actually help? Or would it just feel like a distraction from real study?
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