How to Write Chinese Part 2

Part 2

Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7

In Part 1, you learned the 12 basic hanzi strokes:

Number	Character	Image	Meaning	Abbreviation	Usage
1	héng		horizontal	h	Can stand alone
2	shù		vertical	s	Can stand alone
3	zhé		break	z	Must combine
4	diǎn		dot	d	Can stand alone
5	piě		throw	p	Can stand alone
6	nà		press	n	Can stand alone
7	gōu		hook	g	Must combine
8	tí		rise	t	Can stand alone
9	wān		bend	w	Must combine
10	xié		slant	x	Must combine
11	biǎn		flat	b	Must combine
12	quān		circle	q	Can stand alone

You also learned 17 of the 32 strokes hànzi used to write modern Chinese:

Number	Stroke	Abbreviation
1	héng	h
2	shù	s
3	héng zhé	hz
4	shù zhé	sz
5	diǎn	d
6	piě	p
7	shù piě	sp
8	nà	n
9	héng gōu	hg
10	shù gōu	sg
11	tí	t
12	shù tí	st
13	shù wān gōu	swg
14	xié gōu	xg
15	héng xié gōu	hxg
16	héng xié wān gōu	hxwg
17	biǎn xié gōu	bxg

In Part 2 of this book, you extend this knowledge, learning how to draw the remaining 15 hànzi strokes.

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