batment7 1 Report post Posted April 9, 2012 Where I can find examples of Chinese characters in pen or pencil, not brush? I am trying to learn how to write Chinese characters properly. The problem is that all online examples I found are that of a brush (where each stroke gets wider or narrower as it progresses). ex: http://www.learnchin...9/04/%E7%9A%84/ but my goal is not to master the art of calligraphy! Are there any websites that have a list of common Chinese characters written in pen/pencil? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imron 5,237 Report post Posted April 9, 2012 You might be interested in a website I created: Hanzi Grids It allows you to create pdf files of practice grids that can contain any characters you want, and the paid version has a couple of pen handwriting fonts that you can use (see here for examples of the types of files you can generate). I wrote another post here, that details how you can use this to create your own 'handwritten' versions of any document you like for reading/writing practice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
navaburo 35 Report post Posted April 9, 2012 If you search for "handwriting" you can find a number of handwriting samples from users on this forum. That way you get different perspectives. This is a great question for a language-exchange partner. Just ask them to write some stuff for you. I asked my friend for some handwriting samples, and she proceeded to write 我真不想起床 without lifting the pen more than twice. Blew my mind. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,429 Report post Posted April 10, 2012 This is one of the relevant topics. It's more about learning to read handwriting initially, but I think it gets all mixed up. Try also searching for, eg, 硬笔书法 on Google images. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
querido 320 Report post Posted December 16, 2013 This preview chapter from Learn to Write Chinese Characters by Johan Björkstén has some interesting hints about how to make pen-on-paper strokes look more natural. http://yalepress.yale.edu/languages/pdf/Bjorksten_excerpt.pdf (pdf). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
querido 320 Report post Posted December 16, 2013 The textbook/workbooks on writing with a pen that accompany the People's Education Press Yuwen series (grades 1-6, that's a lot of characters), can be viewed for free here: http://www.pep.com.cn/xiaoyu/jiaoshi/tbjx/xzjc/ Sorry, you would have to learn how to navigate their site. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
