In this lesson, we take a look at a common technical difficulty encountered during video calls. Things such as muted microphones, non-functioning webcams, or a noisy background are all common occurrences during video calls on …
How to Talk to Siri and Google Assistant in Chinese!
Switching your virtual assistant’s language is a great way to practice your Chinese, Japanese or any other 语言. In this guide, we’ll show you how you can add Chinese (or other supported languages) to Google …
Colors in Japanese
This post covers all things colors in Japanese!
Skritter April Update- a new Skritter Mobile release, and more!
We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. This week we’re rolling out Skritter Mobile 3.4.0 on Android and iOS. Learn about the top three things included in this update below, and what we’re working …
Cartoon Character Challenge #16
Below is an image of a scene, like a cartoon, however it’s made up using Kanji instead of drawings. The goal is to look at the image and figure out what is being shown by …
Five Steps for Learning Chinese Characters
In this blog, Jake gives you 5 top tips on how to approach character learning for Chinese (or Japanese). This method will ensure the ultimate long term retention of characters and boost your vocabulary long-term.
Teaching Chinese and Japanese online with Skritter
With new COVID-19 updates coming out seemingly hourly, it feels like much of what we would have called normal last week or last month has come grinding to a halt. As communities globally practice social distancing and areas deploy “shelter in place” rules and regulations the ways we learn and teach are undergoing rapid changes.
Chinese Stroke Order Rules
We have made a free deck on the Skritter app that has been designed for complete beginners, and works through the 8 rules in a logical fashion, using characters from the top 100 most common …
How to Write Chinese or Japanese on your Apple Watch
If you own an Apple watch, and you’re learning a character-based language like Chinese or Japanese, the built-in handwriting feature on the Apple Watch is pretty great. In this blog, we’ll learn how to set it up and get started.
Climate Crisis Terms Part 1
Learn lots of useful and important terms about climate change and the environment in today’s mini-lesson. If you can talk about it, then you can spread awareness and do your bit.