This seems kind of specious.<p>Have been living&#x2F;working in China for nearly 2 years and studied the language in that time.<p>While individual characters can have many strokes (usually, like, 10 at the most), they&#x27;re more like words or half-words.<p>While it can be tricky for foreigners to gain confidence with characters and radicals, due to the way they work, you&#x27;ll realize it is surprisingly easy to remember new words (or even guess the meaning of words when you see them). Much easier than English in that regard. Once you have a certain baseline level of competence (and ability to &quot;chunk&quot; things appropriately), the learning curve quickly softens out.