I`ve been a Chinese teacher for a long time and I’m frequently asked about writing Chinese characters. This article will summarize my thoughts on this issue which I hope will help all Chinese character learners. Here are the top two questions I get about how to write Chinese characters: Q...
Pinyin input or handwriting recognition allows rapid look-up of any unknown Chinese character in Chinese writing without the need for radical knowledge. Some dictionaries may still include radical references, but this is secondary sorting after pinyin. To understand Chinese characters effectively, ...
The utility model discloses a Chinese character writing guide device. The device comprises a rubber plate, a fixing plate and a piezoelectric film sensor. The rubber plate is provided with hollow stroke slots, and the shapes of the slots correspond to the strokes of Chinese characters. The ...
These are the general rules of Chinese character writing. In fact, a complicated character may require integrated application of these rules. “赢”, for example, includes rules like first upper then bottom, first left then right, first outside then inside, first left-falling stroke then right...
During a word input, if the correct candidate cannot be found, an innovative Word-Building Processer can be activated through typing. It will analyze the already keyed-in character sequence, and match the sub-sequences to corresponding smaller word or character, eventually building up the word ...
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 logic of chinese writing here are some wonderful examples of the simplicity and logic of chinese using thecharacter车 which roughly translates as"vehicle". water + vehicle = waterwheel =水 +车 wind + vehicle = windmill =风+车 electric + vehicle = tram/trolley =电+车 fire + vehicle =...
Reading and Writing Chinese: A Guide to the Chinese Writing System by William McNaughton and Li Ying - introduces 2,000 Chinese characters with their Mandarin pronunciation in pinyin romanization, stroke order, English meaning and some sample compound words for each character. Concentrates on tradiat...
For example, the character 小 (xiǎo; small) has a vertically symmetrical composition. It has two dots (點/点; diǎn) on either side of a central vertical (豎/竖; shù) line with a hook (鉤/钩; gōu) at the bottom. When writing 小, you should start with the central vertical li...
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