Hànzì - Chinese Characters
(Calligraphy / Meaning / Pronunciation)
Chinese
Characters
- Basic Strokes
- The Rules of Stroke Order
- Number Flashcards
- Personal Pronoun Flashcards
- Hello/Goodbye Flashcards
- "How are You?" Flashcards
- Introducing yourself Flashcards
- Useful expressions & phrases Flashcards
- Introduction of Question Words Flashcards
- Useful Questions Flashcards
- Telling Time Flashcards
- The Calendar and dates Flashcards
- Radicals (.pdf)
- Alphabetical list of Characters covered (.pdf)
The Chinese characters, the written symbols ofthe Chinese language, are, in general, constituted of several parts. Each part of a Chinese character is called a "component of the Chinese character" (some components are also characters when they stand by themselves). The components of Chinese are composed of a number of basic strokes.
The
Seven Basic Strokes:
The following seven basic strokes are the most elementary:
The rules of stroke order in writing Chinese characters are as follows:
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Examples
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Stroke-order
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Rules
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Horizontal
precedes Vertical |
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Curving to the Left
precedes Curving to the Right |
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From Top
to Bottom
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From Left
to Right
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From Outside
to Inside
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Inside
precedes the Sealing Stroke |
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Middle |