Chinese-Tools.com is one of the reference for the learning of chinese on internet. The website proposes:
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Learn mandarin, 40 audio lessons for beginners
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Learn chinese characters, stroke by stroke calligraphy, etymology
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Chinese English dictionary, more than 70 000 entries
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Chinese songs, with lyrics in chinese + pinyin + english annotation
And many more...
A nice way to get in touch with chinese characters is to
translate his name in chinese!
Good luck to all!