Chinese Journey
Learning Chinese characters and numbers, one stroke at a time.
Chinese 'Five' (五): Turning a Tricky Character Into a Jail Window
五 has more strokes than 一 二 三, so Eon and his teaching partner brainstorm out loud — door? horse? ladder? — until an AI render turns it into a jail window with light streaming through.
Chinese 'Four' (四): When the Counting Trick Stops Working
One, two, three were just lines stacked up like sand. So four should be four lines, right? Eon learns that 四 breaks the pattern — and the way to remember it is to spot a sad man's face hiding in the box.
Chinese 'Three' (三): Three Wires, and a Pattern That Counts Itself
After learning 一 and 二, Eon meets 三 (sān). He turns it into three USB-C cables, learns the middle line is shorter and the last is longest, and discovers a real tech tip: you can't draw black on a black background.
Chinese 'Two' (二): One Snake Becomes Two
二 is just 一 with a second, longer line — so Eon's snake gets a twin. And when he asks the AI to make it 'realistic', it gets a little too scary, teaching a sneaky lesson about turning settings up and down.
Chinese 'One' (一): Draw One Stroke, Let AI Bring It to Life
Eon learns his first Chinese character — 一, 'one' — by drawing its single stroke with a digital pen and watching an AI turn it into a wiggly snake, then a fallen tree. A picture you invent is a character you never forget.
Drawing the Character 四 (Four): Turning a Tricky Shape Into a Picture You Remember
Eon uses an AI image maker to turn the Chinese character 四 (sì, 'four') into a memorable picture, testing idea after idea — two legs, a TV, a window with curtains — until one finally clicks.