汉字是汉语的重要组成部分,汉字教学也应该是对外汉语教学的重要组成部分,但是受西方语言学理论影响,汉字教学长期以来被人们忽视。另一方面,由于受“语言自我”和汉字与字母文字差异的影响,汉字成为很多欧美学生学习汉语的障碍。本文试图找出汉字难学的根源,并为汉字教学找到正确的解决办法。 Chinese characters are an important part of Chinese. Chinese characters teaching should also be an important part of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. However, under the influence of Western linguistic theories, Chinese characters teaching has long been neglected. On the other hand, Chinese characters have become a barrier for many European and American students to learn Chinese due to the influence of “language self” and the difference between Chinese characters and letters. This article attempts to find out the root causes of hard-to-learn Chinese characters and find the correct solution for teaching Chinese characters.