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This is the new Revised Edition. This book was created to help non-Chinese intermediate learners of Korean expand their vocabulary by more than 2,000 Sino-Korean words quickly and efficiently by learning the 50 most powerful Chinese characters. To help you understand basic Chinese characters, this book presents the meanings and pictures of Chinese characters together and practices writing in the order of strokes. Also, by presenting a table of Chinese characters, users can reference Chinese characters at a glance. This book contains example sentences and English translations for each word along with synonyms and antonyms. Example sentences are written using appropriate vocabulary and grammar that students at the intermediate level should be able to understand. The review quiz is intended to check understanding of both Sino-Korean vocabulary characteristics in word formation and the meaning of Chinese characters. In addition, the appendix also includes a list of high-frequency analogous meanings and major homonyms.