LEARN CHINESE: WRITING CHINESE

Writing Chinese Strokes (Part One Basic Strokes)

Chinese characters, which are in the shape of a square, are made up of Strokes(笔画 ). In order to write Chinese symbols, the first thing you shall to know is the Basic Strokes of Chinese characters.

Basic Chinese Writing Stokes

Stroke	Names	Way of Writing	Example
	横 Horizonal Stroke	Horizontally from left to right	二 two
	竖 Vertical Stoke	Vertically from top to bottom	十 ten
	撇 Left-falling Stroke	Softly from top to lower left	午 noon
	捺 Right-falling Stroke	Softly from top to lower right	人 people
	点 Dot Stoke	Dot to lower right and pause	太 very
	提 Rising Stoke	Dot from bottom left to top right	习 practice

Following our link to practise reading and writing these strokes and some simple Chinese characters:

1. 横 héng . 三 (sān, means three)

2. 竖 shù . 工 (gōng, means work), 上 (shāng, means up)

3. 撇 piě . 牛(niú, means cattle), 生 (shēng, means to give birth to)

4. 捺 nà . 八 (bā, means eight), 个 (gè, a measure word)

5. 点 diǎnr . 不 (bù, means no), 下 (xià, means down)

6. 提 tí . 汁 (zhī, means liquid), 冲 (chōng, means to dash)

 

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