When we combine 大 with another character we just learned (人), we get大人(dà rén)meaning “adult,” or literally, “big man.” However, do note that a child isn’t called a “little man.” You could describe a big mountain as大山(dà shān).This, of course, is also the name ...
A.Tile character for “sun” was a circle with a dot(点)in the center.The character for “man” looked like a body with two legs.B.The Chinese began writing their language over 3,000 years ago.Their way of writing is very different from that of English writing.C.Now the language of...
We can use our left and right hands to work and eat, because those are the two things that are most important to us. In China, majority of people eat with their right hand, so the Chinese character for “右” is followed by a “口”(kǒu;mouth);the left hand can only work well...
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. : - speed: 2 + ▌▌ ↻ 蛮( man / mán ) in traditional characters 蠻 Character complexity 蛮 is composed of 12 strokes and ...
When writing Chinese characters, small differences sometimes matter, but sometimes they don’t. Figuring out which details to pay attention to is made even harder by character variants and font differences! For example, when I first started learning Chinese, I accidentally used a Japanese font on...
The Chinese character “an A.Tile character for “sun was a circle with a dot(点)in the center.The character for “man looked like a body with two legs. B.The Chinese began writing their language over 3,000 years ago.Their way of writing is very di
The ancient Chinese people thought that a man would be good and content as long as he has a wife and child – a wife to tend to his need and a child to carry his gene to next generation. So, paint a happy **good** family image for this character. ...
He spent his time in prison working out this new development, which opened up seemingly endless possibilities for later calligraphers. Freed by lishu from earlier constraints, they evolved new variations in the shape of strokes and in character structure. The words in lishu style tend to be ...
The Chinese character for left is composed of two elements: the radical 工 (gōng) and a stylized version of the character 手 (shǒu).
The Myth behind the Chengyu "百折不挠"There was once a great administrator name Qiao Xuan (乔玄 qiáo xuán) during Han dynasty. He was a man of character. One day, a group of bandits robbed his house and kidnapped his son. The bandits asked a lot of money in exchange for his son'...