Learn to Write Chinese Characters

✍ Scribed by Johan Bjorksten

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 130
• Series: Yale Language Series
• Edition: 3rd.Printing
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An introductory manual for writing Chinese characters specifically designed for English-speaking readers. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals of writing, introduces the various scripts used in China and demonstrates how to write with a fountain pen rather than a brush.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Back Cover
......Page 2
Title Page
......Page 3
Copywrite
......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents
......Page 6
Acknowledgments
......Page 8
Introduction
......Page 9
The History and Structure of Characters
......Page 12
Looking up characters in a Dictionary
......Page 25
The Aesthetics of Characters: Alive on Paper
......Page 27
Writing Characters
......Page 35
How to Practice
......Page 37
The Basic Strokes
......Page 39
Héng
......Page 40
Shù......Page 41
Piě......Page 43
Tiǎo
......Page 45
Diǎn
......Page 46
Gōu......Page 47
Zhé......Page 50
Héngzhé wāngōu......Page 51
Shùtiǎo Piězhé......Page 52
Héngzhé wāngpiě / Héngzhé shùtiǎo......Page 53
Stroke Order
......Page 54
The Aesthetics of Characters: Composition
......Page 58
The Radicals
......Page 71
lid / cliff......Page 72
roof......Page 73
shed / knife......Page 74
man or person / left-step......Page 75
ear......Page 76
three-dots-of-water / standing heart......Page 77
basic heart
......Page 78
door......Page 79
walking......Page 80
hand / plant......Page 81
mouth / eating-full......Page 82
eating-simplified / woman......Page 83
silk......Page 84
word......Page 85
horse......Page 86
earth / fire......Page 87
jade......Page 88
tree / carriage-full......Page 89
carriage-simplified / sun / meat
......Page 90
cowrie-full......Page 91
cowrie-simplified / sickness......Page 92
eye / grain......Page 93
bamboo / foot......Page 94
rain / metal-full......Page 95
metal-simplified / alter-stand
......Page 96
clothing / dog......Page 97
A Poem and More Characters to Practice......Page 98
Suggested Readings......Page 121
Guide to Chinese Pronunciation
......Page 123
Index of Characters
......Page 126

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Китайский язык;Иероглифика и каллиграфия;