There are eight basic strokes of traditional Chinese characters, namely "dot (丶), horizontal (一), vertical (丨), left (丿), 捺 (?), lift (?), fold ( ?), hook (亅)", also known as "Eight Methods of Yongzi".
There are two types of Chinese character fonts: handwriting and printing. Script refers to the handwriting form of text. It is flexible and diverse and easy to express personal style. There are three main types of modern Chinese handwriting: regular script, cursive script, and running script.
The stroke shape of Chinese characters in handwriting varies depending on the hard and soft pens used when writing. For example, when writing with a hard pen, the vertical stroke shape can be divided into short vertical strokes when writing with a soft pen (such as a brush). The pen shapes include long vertical, hanging pin vertical and hanging dew vertical.
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1. First left, then right: In a word, write the left first and then the right. Such characters include Da, Bei, Deng, Qian, etc.
2. Up first, then down: write the top first, then the bottom strokes. Such characters include Shi, Li, Jing, etc.
3. First horizontally and then vertically: write horizontal drawings first and then vertical drawings. Such characters include Wang, Qian, Kai, etc.
4. Write first and then press: Such characters include ru, tai, qian, etc.
5. First outside then inside: write the outer strokes first, then the inner strokes. Such characters include Yue, Nei, Tong, Sen, etc.