What about learning to write chinese?

Thanks,

I really found http://www.yellowbridge.com a very interesting tool to understand the philosophy and relationship between characters.

How about the best sequence to study Chinese characters?

Start with the easiest to draw, start by the most common or start with the “radicals” (the simple ones that combined will form many others)?

Any suggestion for a newbie (who prefers to learn by understanding rather than by memorizing)?

Trad. stroke order:

http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/

Simpl. stroke order:

http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/

Learn about the characters, their components, their etymology, etc. Great books:

• Harbaugh: Chinese Characters (ISBN: 0966075005)
• Ann: Cracking the Chinese Puzzles (5 vols; ISBN: 9627056014, 9627056022, 9627056030, 9627056049, 9627056057)
• Wieger: Chinese Characters (ISBN: 0486213218)
• Karlgren: Analytic Dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese (ISBN: 0486218872)
• Fazzioli: Chinese Radicals (ISBN: 0896597741)
• Lindqvist: China - Empire of Living Symbols (ISBN: 0306816091)
• Peng: Fun with Chinese Characters (3 vols; ISBN: 9812326014, 9812324798, 9812324526)

There are several animated stroke order sites, including zhongwen.com and, for a subscription fee, Yellowbridge.