Learn to Write Chinese Characters
'An engagingly written, pedagogically correct, and highly informative self-instructional tool for students of Chinese as well as for calligraphy enthusiasts who do not speak Chinese.' Characters are one of the most fascinating aspects of the Chinese language and occupy a prominent place in Chinese culture. Good handwriting is also very important in learning Chinese: the strokes that make up the characters must be written in a certain rigidly specified order, and they must also be written in a...
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'An engagingly written, pedagogically correct, and highly informative self-instructional tool for students of Chinese as well as for calligraphy enthusiasts who do not speak Chinese.' Characters are one of the most fascinating aspects of the Chinese language and occupy a prominent place in Chinese culture. Good handwriting is also very important in learning Chinese: the strokes that make up the characters must be written in a certain rigidly specified order, and they must also be written in a special way.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe History and Structure of Characters4Looking Up Characters in a Dictionary17The Aesthetics of Characters: Alive on Paper19Writing Characters21The Tools of Writing27Now to Practice29The Basic Strokes31Some Composite Strokes43Stroke Order46The Aesthetics of Characters: Composition50Some Characters Have a Key Stroke50Characters Fit in Imaginary Squares52Repeated Elements Are Executed with Variation54Some Characters Have Left and Right Parts55Some Characters Have Left, Middle, and Right Parts51Some Characters Have a Top-Bottom Structure58Framed Characters59A Few Difficult Characters59The Radicals63A Poem and More Characters to Practice90"A Thought on a Still Night"90Characters to Practice95Suggested Readings113Guide to Chinese Pronunciation115Index of Characters119
