14. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises defining each of the set of Chinese radicals as a source and associating at least one icon with a respective source, the at least one icon being a Chinese character having a physical similarity to the source.
1. A method for learning scripts of Chinese-character-based languages using a computer-based key-symbol system, the method comprising: storing a set of pages in an electronic key-symbol dictionary, each of the pages: having a bridge entry respectively associated with a single Chinese radical within a set of Chinese radicals in a Chinese-character-based language; having the single Chinese radical as a symbol; having a single keyword corresponding to a given meaning of the single Chinese radical, the single keyword: being in a user's language and having letters in the user's alphabet; and including therein a bridge comprised of at least one of the letters; and having a plurality of different memory joggers, each of the different memory joggers being a word in the user's language containing therein the bridge; creating a user-recognized radical dictionary by identifying a list of user-recognized Chinese radicals and electronically collating the pages associated with each of the user-recognized Chinese radicals; and creating a user-recognized complex-character dictionary by: identifying a complex Chinese multi-character to be learned; electronically transcribing a set of at least two of the user-recognized Chinese radicals within the complex Chinese multi-character to be learned; and electronically transcribing a mnemonic in the language of the user for recalling the written form of the complex Chinese multi-character, the mnemonic being based upon the keywords, memory joggers, and bridges associated with the recognized set of the at least two user-recognized Chinese radicals within the complex Chinese multi-character.