Long characters refer to glyphs with more strokes and more complicated structures in Chinese characters. In the development of Chinese characters, the appearance of long characters is an important phenomenon, which not only enriches the forms of Chinese characters, but also reflects the changes and development of Chinese character writing. This paper will discuss the origin, characteristics, classification and calligraphy art of long characters. First of all, the origin of long characters can be traced back to the period of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest form of Chinese characters.
Its font is simple and its lines are rough. With the development of society, people's requirements for writing are getting higher and higher, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions has gradually evolved into different writing forms such as inscriptions on bronze and seal script. In this process, long characters came into being. The appearance of long characters enriches the forms of Chinese characters, and lays a foundation for the development of calligraphy art such as regular script, running script and cursive script. Secondly, the characteristics of long characters are mainly manifested in many strokes and complex structure.
The number of strokes of long characters is above 10, and some even reach 20. This makes long characters need more time and energy when writing, which is an important symbol for calligraphers to test their skills. The structure of long characters is often complicated, including many radicals and radicals, such as "dragon" and "turtle". The combination of these radicals and radicals makes long characters have high recognition and aesthetic feeling. Long words can be classified according to their structure and shape.
According to different structures, long characters can be divided into three categories: single structure, compound structure and combined structure. Long words with single structure, such as "Ma" and "Niu", have a single radical or radical. Long characters with compound structure, such as "dragon" and "turtle", are composed of two or more radicals or radicals; Long words with combined structures, such as "bear" and "deer", are formed by connecting multiple radicals or radicals.
Finally, long characters play an important role in calligraphy art, and calligraphers often show their skills and aesthetic concepts by writing long characters. Among different calligraphy styles such as regular script, running script and cursive script, long characters have different forms, including dignified and elegant regular script, elegant running script and wild cursive script. These different styles make long characters have high ornamental value and artistic value in calligraphy art.