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2. Chinese character strokes - Wikipedia

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   The five basic strokes of heng (一), shu (丨), pie (丿), dian (丶), and zhe (𠃍) at the beginning of each group are called main stroke shapes; and the following strokes are called subordinate stroke shapes, or secondary strokes. The name of a category is the name of the main stroke.

3. Chinese calligraphy - Wikipedia

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   Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. [1] Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ...

4. Eight Principles of Yong - Wikipedia

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   The Eight Principles of Yong are used by calligraphers to practice how to write the eight most common strokes in regular script, using the fact that they are all present in the character 永; yǒng; 'forever'', 'permanence'. It was believed that the frequent practice of these principles as such when beginning one's study could ensure beauty in ...

5. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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   The stroke order and stroke direction of Chinese characters, Vietnamese chữ Nôm, Korean hangul, and kana all facilitate writing in this manner. In addition, writing in vertical columns from right to left facilitated writing with a brush in the right hand while continually unrolling the sheet of paper or scroll with the left.

6. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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   A longer horizontal stroke at the top or bottom, as in E T, is an arm. [4] The junction of two strokes intersecting above as in A M X x is an apex and the joining of two strokes intersecting below as in V W v w is a vertex. [10] The font shown in the example is stressed; this means that strokes have varying widths. In this example, the stroke ...

7. Clerical script - Wikipedia

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   Transliteration of Chinese. v. t. e. The clerical script (traditional Chinese : 隸書; simplified Chinese : 隶书; pinyin : lìshū), sometimes also chancery script, is a style of Chinese writing that evolved from the late Warring States period to the Qin dynasty. It matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, and remained in active use ...

8. Cursive script (East Asia) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Cursive script (Chinese: 草書, 草书, cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script. [1]

9. Stroke order - Wikipedia

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   Each stroke is written from left to right, starting with the uppermost stroke. The Chinese character meaning "person" (, Mandarin Chinese: rén, Cantonese Chinese: yàhn, Korean: in, Japanese: hito, nin; jin). The character has two strokes, the first shown here in dark, and the second in red.