bossidy 1 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 A couple of animated character scripts that I use draw the lower stroke in the 氵radical (water , #85) as a straight line, but everywhere I see it, it has a bend in the middle, as shown here: . Can the lower stroke be simply straight or does it need the bend? Thanks in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HashiriKata 16 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 The longest stoke doesn't have to bend, but normally it's slightly slanting (15 or 20º East) and not completely vertical North. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kudra 11 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 Some posts with handwritten examples of 氵radical (water , #85) at signese.comhttp://www.signese.com/2006/09/01/dsc01677 http://www.signese.com/2006/09/01/dsc01674/ http://www.signese.com/2006/08/23/dsc01666/ http://www.signese.com/2006/08/02/dsc_1020/ http://www.signese.com/2006/06/23/dsc01566/ http://www.signese.com/2006/05/28/dsc_0706/ http://www.signese.com/2006/05/13/folk-festival/ http://www.signese.com/2006/05/03/dsc01383/ http://www.signese.com/2006/04/05/dsc01279/ http://www.signese.com/2006/04/01/moved/ http://www.signese.com/2006/03/20/no-tipping/ http://www.signese.com/2006/03/11/towing/ http://www.signese.com/2006/03/08/breakfast-is-served/ anyway .... I invite Hashirikata slightly slanting (15 or 20º East) and not completely vertical North. to do the statistics on the sample above to see how accurate his estimate is. Edit: No, I received no kickbacks to drive traffic to signese.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylee 1,912 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 As far as I know, it is not a bend. In calligraphy people add strength (用力) when they start the last stroke of the water radical from the lower left thus the ink would form a dot. The print font simply tries to reflect this. In handwriter say with a ball pen or a pencil even if we add strength (we do) there would not be a dot so it is simply a straight stroke slanting from the lower left to the upper right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hero Doug 12 Report post Posted September 22, 2006 I was told that this radical is only for print though, and if you're to write by hand you basically put two downward lines at the top, and one upward facing line at the bottom. http://www.signese.com/2006/09/01/dsc01677 is the best example of what I'm is a perfect example 2nd row 2nd one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
