The conditions provided by the configuration of Chinese characters for the art of calligraphy are as follows:
(1) The writing units of Chinese characters are not only diverse and varied, but also have strong regularity.
(2) The strokes of Chinese characters are diverse and cooperate with each other to form a harmonious and easy-to-write system.
(3) There are a large number of basic components of Chinese characters, giving them variety.
(4) The space arrangement between Chinese character components is flexible and changeable.
(5) There is a big difference between traditional and simplified Chinese character forms. Provides changing conditions for the layout of the entire calligraphy work.
(6) There are many variations of fonts and fonts. The pictorial characteristics of Chinese characters at their origin and the structural characteristics of their gradual transformation into lines and strokes have enabled it to develop into a perfect art form.
The development of Chinese character configuration has gone through the process from individual development to group development. Individual development only focuses on the development of individual Chinese characters. At this time, only one relationship is considered, that is, the relationship between the shape of a single character and its representation object.
Group development is to pay attention to the individual development of single-glyphs while paying attention to the coordinated development of single-glyph groups, focusing on the systematization and classification of glyph groups, and classifying glyph expression objects. This is essentially It embodies the idea of ??establishing group order.
Types of Chinese character configuration
1. Pictogram: Use simple lines to describe the shape of objective things, so that people can connect the glyph with specific things at a glance and know what it represents. things.
2. Understanding: combining two or more single pictographic characters or referring characters whose meanings can match each other to express a new meaning.
3. Phonogram: Use one character as the phonogram to indicate the meaning category, and use another character as the phonetic ambiguity to indicate the pronunciation. The two are combined into a phonetic character.
4. Referring to things: using a special symbol to mark an objective thing and express a certain concept. This marking symbol is either added to a certain part of a single pictographic character, or added A special place where a symbol represents something.
5. Transfer note: It means that words with the same radical can learn from each other (explain each other).
6. Borrowing: Borrowing existing words to express words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.