&gt; Training yourself to recognize 3,000 discrete graphic symbols<p>They&#x27;re not discrete but composed of radicals that might hint at the meaning or pronunciation.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Radical_(Chinese_characters)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Radical_(Chinese_characters)</a>