YiQi Hanzi ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱰᱠᱚ by Mengyu Cao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ Competition Category.

ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ· 2022

YiQi Hanzi ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱰᱠᱚ

by Mengyu Cao

Client: YiQi Hanzi

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ Category

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The Design

About YiQi Hanzi ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱰᱠᱚ

ᱪᱟᱭᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱩᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱪᱟᱭᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱱᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱪᱟᱭᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱵᱟᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱟ, ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱟᱹᱦᱤᱨ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ YiQi Hanzi ᱯᱷᱞᱟᱥᱠᱟᱰ ᱠᱚᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱩᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ, ᱪᱟᱭᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱭᱱᱤᱡᱽ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ᱾ ᱯᱷᱞᱟᱥᱠᱟᱰ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱟᱰ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ QR ᱠᱳᱰ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ YiQi Hanzi ᱚᱱᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚ ᱚᱱᱩᱵᱷᱚᱵᱽ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

YiQi Hanzi ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱰᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ YiQi Hanzi ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱰᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Learn Chinese through creativity. YiQi Hanzi flashcards make Chinese learning fun and engaging.

YiQi Hanzi flashcards use visuals to enhance memory. Characters are visual. Use design thinking and creativity to make characters understandable visually.

YiQi Hanzi flashcards tell the stories & culture through characters. Presenting them on characters with word explanations aside can help people understand fully and learn quickly.

Radicals & components are the keys to learning characters. YiQi Hanzi flashcards tell how different parts play the role with clear visual elements.
Dimensions & Packaging: card size: 9cm*12cm
packaging size: 10.3cm*9.7cm*12.5cm
Tags: #chinesecharacters, #education, #flashcardsdesign, #learnchinese, #language, #education
Production Technology: Physical paper, learning flashcards
Design Challenge: The history and development are lost in the time. Sometimes there is no reference to a character that can be used. I need to think creatively about how to use visuals to form the characters in a way that makes the most sense.
Research: Every character creation is based on research on the history of the character. To reference how a character was created at the beginning, what's the revolution it experienced, how Simplified Chinese changed the forms, and if there are any stories behind a character.
Inspiration: To people who don't know Chinese, Chinese characters always look like complicated drawings. I want to use design thinking and drawings to make the 'character drawings' understandable to everyone to spread Chinese culture and the beauty of Chinese characters. This learning method makes it easy for people to visualize the meaning of the characters to better understand and memorize characters.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2020 and finished in January 2021 in San Francisco.
Operation Flow: There are 140 cards, print double-sided, so a total of 280 characters. Besides the physical flashcards, the QR code on each card connects to the YiQi Hanzi Online Learning Center with more learning resources. Includes words, sentences, videos, writing strokes, and more to help people learn characters easily and holistically.
Team Members: Mengyu Cao