Learn to Write Chinese Characters

Name: Learn to Write Chinese Characters
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ISBN: 9780300057713

ISBN-10: 0300057717

ISBN-13: 9780300057713

Edition: 1994

Authors: Johan Bjï¿½rkstï¿½n

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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 123
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.25" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The History and Structure of Characters


Looking Up Characters in a Dictionary


The Aesthetics of Characters: Alive on Paper


Writing Characters


The Tools of Writing


Now to Practice


The Basic Strokes


Some Composite Strokes


Stroke Order


The Aesthetics of Characters: Composition


Some Characters Have a Key Stroke


Characters Fit in Imaginary Squares


Repeated Elements Are Executed with Variation


Some Characters Have Left and Right Parts


Some Characters Have Left, Middle, and Right Parts


Some Characters Have a Top-Bottom Structure


Framed Characters


A Few Difficult Characters


The Radicals


A Poem and More Characters to Practice


"A Thought on a Still Night"


Characters to Practice


Suggested Readings


Guide to Chinese Pronunciation


Index of Characters