How to master the structure of Chinese characters

The structure of words is the most critical. Mr. Huaiyuan once wrote a book "Qigong Running Script Techniques", which quoted a poem by Mr. Qigong. The first two sentences read: "It is difficult to write with a pen, and vertical and horizontal gathering and dispersion are the most relevant." What is more difficult than writing with a pen? The vertical and horizontal interpenetration of strokes and their relationship are the most important. In traditional calligraphy theory, there is a concept that "the pen is the top grade", which has existed since the Tang Dynasty and is widely spread. After careful observation and keen investigation, Mr. Qi Gong subverted this concept and thought that "writing is the top priority", that is to say, it is the most difficult and important to combine strokes organically. On this point, through my own writing practice, I think Mr. Qi Gong is right. There are two main reasons: first, using a pen refers to the way of writing, emphasizing the priority of strokes and distinguishing between dry and wet, which has little to do with pen writing. The pen tip is thin, and the thickness of the strokes written is not obvious; Second, the structural layout is the first impression. If the layout is reasonable and the collocation is harmonious, even if the pen is a little worse, the words will look good. Therefore, although some students haven't practiced calligraphy specially, they can still write well, mainly by mastering the structure of the characters and matching the strokes and components properly.

One is word frame analysis. Usually, when we practice calligraphy, we mostly write in Tian Zige or Mi Zige. The advantage of practicing in fonts is that it is easy to find the position of each stroke. Conversely, we can also add a border around the written words, and analyze the written words through the border to observe whether the stroke position is accurate and the length is appropriate, so as to grasp the structure of the words. Of course, in the specific analysis process, you can also draw only one horizontal line or vertical line as needed, as long as you can correctly find the problem. For example, we write down the words: (demonstration) wood, door, fire, etc.

The second is mathematical analysis. In order to grasp the font more accurately, we can also use some mathematical methods, such as angle, proportion, coordinates and so on. For example, when writing, the word "one, big" is about 2-3 degrees upward; The word "seven, one" needs to be raised 3-5 degrees horizontally; "No, tapirs" should be parallel; The intersection position of "inch" is one third from top to right; The "bucket" is inclined 3-5 degrees horizontally, the intersection point is in the middle of the vertical painting, and so on. The introduction of mathematical analysis is very convenient for us to accurately grasp the length, direction and position of strokes.

The third is comparative method, including comparative method and analogy method. The so-called comparison method is to compare two words with similar glyphs together and find out the rules, such as "strength, versatility", "factory, breadth", "home, elephant", "big, too" and so on. Analogy is to practice a group of words with the same radicals together, which can get twice the result with half the effort, such as success and prosperity, crying and beating the sleeping hammer, imitating Fang Fang to prevent spinning from hindering fat release and so on. In the fourth chapter of the book "Lecture on Writing Skills", I divided all 3500 commonly used and sub-commonly used Chinese characters into 8 13 groups, which is very helpful for everyone to improve their practice efficiency.

In addition, there are some tips and methods, such as the combination of letters and lines, the method of hollow characters and the method of bold characters, which are also very helpful for practicing good characters.