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There are eight basic rules of stroke order in writing a Chinese character, which apply only generally and are sometimes violated: Horizontal strokes are written before vertical ones. Left-falling strokes are written before right-falling ones. Characters are written from top to bottom.
Structure. Written Chinese is not based on an alphabet or syllabary. Most characters can be analyzed as compounds of smaller components, which may be assembled ing to several different principles. Characters and components may reflect aspects of meaning or pronunciation.
Although Chinese characters are square-shaped, the structures of characters are not all the same. The structures include single-element characters; top-bottom structure; left-right structure; left-middle- right; three quarters/one quarter division; half-enclosed; fully-enclosed, etc.
Here are the essential stroke order rules for writing simplified Chinese characters: Top to bottom. Left to right. First horizontal, then vertical. First right-to-left diagonals, then left-to-right diagonals. Center comes first in vertically symmetrical characters. Move from outside to inside and close frames last.
There are two standards for writing Chinese characters: simplified and traditional. Simplified characters (简体字 jiǎntǐzì) are currently used in Mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia. Traditional characters (繁體字 fántǐzì) are used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. At WashU, classes are taught using simplified characters.
The seal script is the formal system of character forms that evolved in the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty ( c. 771 – 256 BC), and later imposed as the standard across the country following Qin's wars of unification.
Go to “Clock, Language, and Region” and select “Change keyboards or other input methods”. Click the Change Keyboards button. Click the Add button. In the new window, navigate to the Chinese section and choose the character set that best applies to you.
The earliest known examples of Chinese writing are oracle bone inscriptions made c. 1200 BC at Yin (near modern Anyang), the site of the final capital of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC).
1192 BCE). These inscriptions were made primarily on ox scapulae and turtle shells in order to record the results of divinations conducted by the Shang royal family. Characters posing a question were first carved into the bones.
Markings which some archaeologists have identified as examples of proto-writing first appeared in China in approximately 6600 BCE, evidence of which has been discovered at the Jiǎhú archaeological site in Henan, China. Pictograms have also been found in China dating from the 5th century BCE.
