Thousands of words were borrowed from Chinese into Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Learn one written word and you can read it in all four languages.
The key on each card is the word every language in the family inherited or borrowed: a Chinese compound, a Latin noun, a Proto-Germanic root.
Each language reshaped the word in its own way. Learn how one language changed it and you can often guess the rest.
Everyday words for school, work, travel, health and more, each checked by hand.
Hear each word spoken, then practice saying it.