This mandarin Chinese character dictionary page allows you to draw characters that you see and it identifies them. It's quite helpful for situations where you can not cut and paste a Chinese character into a translator.
夕 Pictograph of a crescent moon. – Evening, Dusk
å• Single – different than the number 1
åŒ Pairs – different than the number 2 – looks like 2 people walking side by side
三 triple = three – degenerates to the number
å›› quadruple = four – degenerates to the number
TaoBao is a chinese ebay like website. They have on their front page a list of categories. I am using it to learn chinese characters.
I am recording what I do here on my 电脑 ( electric brain aka computer )
电 – electric
è„‘ – brain