For Lena, a 20-year-old American student, Chinese characters are not just words — each one tells its own story.
Lena grew up in a community with many Asian families. As a child, she had Chinese friends. She saw Chinese writing on her friends’ lunch boxes and name tags (标签). The beautiful characters interested her because they looked nothing like English or other Western languages. This interest stayed with her for years. Later, when she took a college class about China and the U.S., her passion for Chinese culture grew even stronger.
Earlier this year, Lena joined Xiaohongshu. There, she spent more time looking at Chinese characters. She saw them as different objects. For her, the character “ren”, meaning “person”, looks like the muzzle (口鼻部) of a cat. “Ceng”, meaning “once”, looks like an angry robot to her. “Wu”, meaning “vain (徒劳的)”, reminds her of a sheep. That helps her remember Chinese characters quickly.
Lena also practices her Chinese by adding voices to her Xiaohongshu videos. She uses AI tools to turn English words into Chinese, listens to how they sound, and repeats them. To connect with Chinese fans, she translates all her posts into Chinese. Because of this friendly exchange, she now has online Chinese friends. They talk about daily life and even share food ideas!
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