Welcome to Interactive Educational Presentation
This course presentation aims to provide the introductory
information for chinese character components and structure models
Chinese Language writing has strict rules that should be followed
for character writing
Component will be presented and different type of characters based
on the structural model will be briefly introduced
Graphical examples will be given to show drawing orders of the
characters that belongs to different structural models
Character Info: nínhǎo 您好 Translation:
hello (formal version)
Chinese Character Components & Strokes
Each chinese chracters consist number of compenents
These components are created in a form of strokes
Stokes can be defined simple as "drawing" or "writing" element
"yǒng 永" chinese character is one of examples of building up a
complete character with all 8 individual strokes
This follows the normal top to bottom rule for the order of
drawing strokes that will be presented one by one
Character Info: yǒng 永 Translation:
forever (adverb)
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 1: diǎn 点
The simplest stroke is dot or "diǎn" in Chinese language
It is not only a simple down and up motion, but also is dragged
slightly to the right and lifted
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 2: héng 横
Another simple stroke is the "héng"
It is a horizontal line with the brush pushed down slightly at
either end
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 3: shù 竖
The "shù" stroke is a vertical line with the brush pushed down
slightly to start and lifted off at the end
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 4: gōu 钩
The "gōu" stoke is used with "shù" stroke
Drawing can be made adding a hook at the end of "shù" stoke
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 5: tí 提
The "tí" stroke is an upwards and right darting movement to give
it a pointed end
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 6: wān 弯
The "wān" stroke starts at top left and end curve round to
vertical
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 7: piě 撇
The "piě" stroke starts at the top right and angles down to bottom
left as the brush leaves the paper
Introduction of Strokes
Stroke 8: nà 捺
The "nà" stroke need to start at the top left and angles down to
bottom right
Introduction of Structure Models
All chinese charaters are created based on the strucral methods
and total 9 structural models exist
These models will be presented one by one with the characters that
were given on the board
However, these characters can not be created or written randomly
in terms of stroke order
Strict rules are applied to increase the efficiency of the writing
of chinese character, therefore students and chinese language
users can write chinese characters very fast and very efficient
These rules based drawing should be learned to pass proficiency
exams of chinese language as well
Let's Continue
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Structure Model 1:
Left to right structural model
In this model of characters are structured starting from the very
left to end of the right side
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: xián 㳄 Translation:
saliva (noun)
Structure Model 2:
Above to below
In this model of characters are structured starting from the top
to bottom side
The character is drawn from top to bottom as much as possible,
this avoids possible smudging.
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: qiān 䙴 Translation:
to fly (verb)
Structure Model 3:
Above to middle and below
In this model of characters are structured starting top to bottom
similar as structure model 2 however, middle part is also exist in
this model
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: mén 亹 Translation:
busy (adjective)
Structure Model 4:
Full surround
In this model of characters are structured starting top to bottom
similar as structure model 2 however, middle part is also exist in
this model
In this model, the character "guó" is created by the outside
enclosing strokes first, followed by the inside component "yu" and
then the bottom horizontal stroke
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: guó 国 Translation:
country (noun)
Structure Model 5:
Surround from the above
In this model of characters are structured starting from outside
before the inside part
Outer strokes should be created first then inner elements can be
handled
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: jiǒng 冏 Translation:
bright (adjective)
Structure Model 6:
Surround from the below
In this model of characters are structured starting from inside
before the outside part
Inner strokes should be created first then outer elements can be
handled
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: xiōng 凶 Translation:
crime (noun)
Structure Model 7:
Surround from upper left
In this model of characters are structured starting from outside
before the inside part as mentioned before as outer strokes should
be created first then inner elements can be handled
However, character is surrounded from upper left in this model in
addition to structure model 5
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: diàn 店 Translation:
shop (noun)
Structure Model 8:
Surround from upper right
In this model of characters are structured starting from outside
before the inside part as mentioned in ealier section
However, character is surrounded from upper right in this model in
addition to structure model 5
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: kě 可 Translation:
can (verb)
Structure Model 9:
Semi-enclosed structure
In this model of characters are structured starting from inside
first then continues with the outside part
This is a exception model comparing to rest of the models because
of its unique structure
Rule based drawing steps are illustrated with animation to present
the creationg order, You may use repeat button to re-draw
Character Info: féng 逢 Translation:
to meet (verb)
End of the Components & Structure Models
Thanks for the participation !
Chinese Language has a lot to offer however it is one of the most
complicated language with various rules and unique difficulities
In this presentation we learned the very basics of chinese
character components and structure models
Drawing order of the strokes have also been repserented throughout
the course section
Considering the learning duration approximetly 5 years (1825 days)
for chinese language, it was a great start !!
Now only 1824 days left to finalize other chapters and become
an expert 🙏