The stroke order of Wu character: horizontal, vertical, left, dot, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal.
1. Seal script.
Seal script is the collective name for large seal script and small seal script. Oracle bone inscriptions, with a history of three thousand years, are the earliest legible writings handed down from generation to generation and are mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin, strong and straight, with many straight lines. There are square pens, round pens, and pointed pens, and there are many "hanging needles" in the handwriting. The large seal script preserves the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics. Small seal script, also known as "Qin seal script", is the common script of the Qin Dynasty and a simplified font of large seal script.
2. Official script.
Official script, also known as Han Li, is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes. It is in a rectangular shape and pays attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail", "Twists and turns." Official script originated in the Qin Dynasty and was compiled by Cheng Miao. It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty and had a significant influence on later calligraphy. In the calligraphy circle, it is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
For example, the "Stele of Ceremonial Utensils Built by Han Yu, Prime Minister of Han Dynasty and Lu", also known as "Stele of Confucius Temple in Han Ming Mansion", "Stele of Han Yuan, Prime Minister of Lu and Fu Yan's Yaofa", "Stele of Han Yu", etc. Engraved in the second year of Han Yongshou (156), official script. The length is 227.2 cm and the width is 102.4 cm. Hidden in the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province. No amount. The engravings on all four sides are all in official script. The stele has sixteen lines and thirty-six characters, and nine people including Han Yuan have named it after the text.
3. Regular script.
Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script founded by Cheng Miao, becoming more simplified, horizontal and vertical. Regular script has the meaning of being a model, which has been mentioned in Zhang Huaiguan's "Shu Duan". People in the Six Dynasties still used it habitually. That is the abbreviation of "eight points regular script".
4. Running script.
Executive script was developed on the basis of official script. It is a font between regular script and cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of identifying cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao".
5. Cursive writing.
Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao. They feel beautiful in the madness.