This book is divided into 9 chapters. Based on the teaching of Chinese characters to foreigners, it systematically arranges the nature of Chinese character teaching, the origin and evolution of Chinese characters, the simplification, organization and standardization of Chinese characters, the international promotion of Chinese characters, the phonetic notation of Chinese characters and other aspects. It also combines the teaching practice of Chinese characters and other research findings in this field, explores the application of the Chinese character construction theory in the teaching of Chinese characters, the teaching of character forms, the key and important issues in Chinese character teaching, and the teaching modes of Chinese characters, etc., provides the related theories and examples for the teaching and learning of Chinese characters. This book makes a diachronic tracing and panoramic and systematic arrangement on the knowledge of Chinese characters and the teaching of Chinese characters, which makes it an essential reference book for teachers of Chinese as a second language to teach and study Chinese characters. 

Yu Zhaozhou, a Chinese teacher at the School of Chinese, Beijing International Studies University, got her BA degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and MA degree in History of Chinese Language from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University in 1998-2002 and 2002-2005 respectively. She has been teaching Chinese as a second language at Beijing International Studies University starting 2005 and had taught at Aichi University, Japan for a year. Her research focuses on teaching Chinese characters to international students.