Is there a way to send an email to a group of contacts on gmail?

There sure is. Go to Contacts (on the right bar under all your labels and folders) and hit the button that has a plus sign and two little people icons at the top of that first column. This creates a group. It’ll ask you to name your group, name it accordingly. Then go back into the main Contacts. Click on each contact that you want to be in that group (using the little check marks next to their names in the list – this is in column 2.) When they’re all selected, you can hit the Groups tab at the top right (top of column 3) to add them to the group. Voila!

@fireinthepriory: Yay! I knew I had just been doing things the hard way. Thanks!

@juniper No problem! Just realized I forgot to mention – to send an email to the group, just type the group’s name into the To: field. It should pop right up. :)

Related question: is there a way to create a contact without scrolling down that huge list? I can’t read the Chinese characters in order to choose the correct name. Can I somehow open an email from the sender I want and make that sender a contact?

I don’t know actually… I guess trial and error might be the best bet.

@juniper – regarding your second question. If you go to their email, put your mouse over their name for about a second or two (the one that’s in the bright colors), you’ll get the option to email them, invite to chat, and more. Click on more, and then click on contact details.

Hope that helped!

@eeveegurl: many thanks, that did the trick! (And I never would have figured that out, myself.)