Many people write calligraphy and have good basic stroke skills, but the entire font they write looks a bit "top-heavy" or "left-right unbalanced." In fact, this is because the calligraphy structure is not grasped well. To be more specific, it is because the "center of gravity" of the font is not found, so the structure of the calligraphy is unstable. The "center of gravity" of calligraphy fonts refers to the axis of the entire character. This axis sometimes takes into account the left and right sides, and sometimes takes into account the balance of the upper and lower parts. If the center of gravity of the font is accurately grasped when writing, the written characters will be stable and balanced, and will not be swaying and top-heavy
Chinese characters are broad and profound, with complex and changeable structures. Some simple characters have an obvious center of gravity. Such as "Shen", "人", etc.; and the center of gravity of some characters is special because of the special strokes, such as "Fei", "Yin", etc. In order to facilitate learning and memory, Mengbi Shenghui divides commonly used Chinese characters into single, upper and lower, left and right, polygonal structure and other situations to explain. I hope it will be helpful for you to learn calligraphy.
First, how to grasp the center of gravity of single characters
Single characters are fonts directly composed of the basic strokes of Chinese characters. Among Chinese characters, although the proportion of single characters is not very large, it is the main part of the combined characters and the soul of the combined characters. Therefore, when we learn calligraphy, we must start with simple single characters, find out its center of gravity, and then start writing. To sum up, the center of gravity of single characters can be summarized as follows:
1. Single characters with the center of gravity in the center, such as "十", "米" and other characters. This type of single character has a unique characteristic. The intersection point of the strokes is in the middle, and the left and right are balanced up and down.
2. Single characters with the center of gravity on the left and right symmetry axis, such as "fire", "天", etc. The left and right parts of this type of single character are symmetrical. But when writing, you should pay attention to the orthogonal relationship of strokes
3. Single characters with the center of gravity on the central axis, such as "half" and other characters. This type of single character is relatively easy to recognize. The main reason is that they take the central axis as the center of gravity and "shoulder" the left and right.
4. Characters with the center of gravity on the right or left, light on the left or light on the right, characters with center of gravity on the right, light on the left and heavy on the right, such as "ding" and "kai". The center of gravity is on the left, and the left is heavy and the right is light. Such as the word "month". When writing this type of font, you must make sure that the left stroke plays a role in supporting the entire font.
5. Single characters with the center of gravity on the mid-vertical line account for a relatively high proportion of Chinese characters. They can also be considered up-down, left-right, and asymmetrical fonts. There is a very simple way to find the center of gravity of this type of character, which is to look for it by referring to the person's center of gravity. Whether a person is standing, bending, or doing various dance movements, there is a center of gravity that balances the body. , the same goes for words. For example, the center of gravity of the word "Zuo" is on the vertical line between the starting point of the left stroke and the vertical line of "Gong". There are also words such as "Ge" and "Shen" whose center of gravity is on the central axis.