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Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) for Chinese Writing


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How to Handwrite Chinese Characters with Finesse

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钩画的写法 (gōu huà de xiě fǎ) How to write the ‘Gou’ Stroke横钩 (héng gōu) ‘Heng Gou’ Horizontal Line with a TickFirst, write the 一 ‘heng’ stroke, then wield the pen down to the left to write the hook. End with a light sharp point. Note that the hook should be small and short.
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Example Character: 买 (mǎi)
The ‘heng gou’ stroke is the first stroke found on the top of the character.
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竖钩(shù gōu) ‘Shu Gou’ Vertical Line with a TickWrite the丨’shu’ stroke, wielding the pen up to the left to write a hook. End with a sharp point. The hook should be at a 45-degree angle and short.
Note: Take a look at the difference between this stroke and the 弯钩 stroke which is slightly more curved.
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Example Character: 小 (xiǎo)
The ‘shu gou’ stroke is the second stroke found in the center of the character.
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横折勾(héng zhé gōu) ‘Heng Zhe Gou’ Horizontal Line Followed by a Right Angle and TickStart with a short 一 ‘heng’, wielding the pen down and slightly to the left to write a丨 ‘shu’ stroke. Follow this with a hook, and end with a sharp point. It should be written in one stroke, meaning the pen should not come off the paper.
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Example Character 勺 (sháo)
The ‘heng zhe gou’ stroke is the second stroke in the character.
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竖折折钩 (shù zhé zhé gōu) ‘Shu Zhe Zhe Gou’ Vertical Folding HookStart with short a丨’shu’ stroke, wielding the pen right to write 一 ‘heng’. Then wield the pen down to the left to write亅’shu gou’, and end with sharp point. Note that the 亅should not be too vertical and the hook should be small.
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Example Character: 鸟 (niǎo)
The ‘shu zhe zhe gou’ stroke is the fourth in the character.
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横撇弯钩 (héng piě wān gōu) ‘Heng Pie Wan Gou’ Horizontal Bending HookStart with short a 一 ‘heng’ stroke, then turn to write a short 丿’pie’. Finally, add a small hook to top left.
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Example Character: 子 (zǐ)
The ‘heng pie wan gou’ is the second stroke.
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横折折折钩 (héng zhé zhé zhé gōu) ‘Heng zhe zhe zhe gou’ Folding Hook Cross FoldStart with a short 一 ‘heng’ (the right side should be a little bit higher) and turn to write a short 丿, then turn again to write a short 一 ‘heng’. Finally, turn down to the left to write a hook. Note that the last part should be an acute angle.
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Example Character: 奶 (nǎi)
The ‘heng zhe zhe zhe gou’ stroke is found in the second half of the character on the right-hand side.
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横折提 (héng zhé tí) ‘Heng Zhi Ti’ Horizontal-Starting Right Angle With an Upward TickStart with short a 一 ‘heng’ stroke, then turn to write 丨’shu’.  Turn right to write ㇀’ti’, and end with a sharp point. The ㇀’ti’ should be short and inclined.
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Example Character: 话 (huà)
The ‘heng zhi ti’ stroke is the second stroke in the ‘speech’ radical on the left-hand side.
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Most Commonly Used Chinese Fonts

Songti (宋 体), Heiti (黑 体), and Kaiti (楷 体)​
Songti(宋体)

If one type of font had to be chosen to represent Chinese typography, it would be the songti. Early songti scripts were in use as far back as the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.), when Chinese woodblock printing reached its golden age. Due to the grain of the wood in the woodblocks, which ran horizontally, horizontal lines were easy to produce and could be thinner, but vertical lines, which ran counter to the wood grain, were prone to breakage during carving, and had to be thicker. Plus, because the end points of the horizontal lines were easily worn away, flourishes were added to make them thicker and longer-lasting. And so songti, the Chinese serif typified by perfectly straight horizontal strokes, wider verticals, and classy but regimented flourishes, was born. 
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Heiti(黑体)

The other major classification is the heiti, which could loosely be translated as "sans-serif". Heiti fonts are a relatively modern invention. The exact history of heiti is heavily disputed by scholars, but we see it emerge in the commercial press around the early 1900's. 
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Kaiti (楷体)

A Kaiti font mimics basic brush script lettering - you might loosely translate this as "regular brush". But a kaiti is not a novelty font, it never gets overly flowery, and it's still constructed within certain parameters and maintains an upright structure. Here's Adobe Kaiti Standard which comes bundled with Photoshop and some other Adobe products. 
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