LEARN CHINESE: WRITING CHINESE

Writing Chinese Strokes (Part Two Transformed Strokes)

In the Chinese writing system, the basic strokes may change with their positions in direction or in length. We call these changed strokes the Transformed Strokes.

Transformed Strokes

Basic Strokes	Transformed Strokes	Names	Way of Writing	Example
		左点 Left Dot Stroke	Dot to lower left and pause	六 six
		长点 Long Dot Stroke	Longer than a Dot Stroke	区 district
		平撇Horizontal Left-falling Stroke	Nearly horizontally from right to left	千 thousand
		竖撇 Vertical Left-falling Stroke	Nearly vertically down from top	川 river
		平捺 horizontal Right-falling Stroke	Nearly horizontally from left to right	之

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

1. 左点 zuǒ diǎnr . 六 (liù, means six)

2. 长点 cháng diǎnr . 小 (xiǎo, means small)

3. 平撇 píng piě . 千 (qiān, means thousand)

4. 竖撇 shù piě . 开 (kāi, means open)

5. 平捺 píng nà . 这 (zhè, means this).

previous lesson

next lesson