trisha2766 Posted August 2, 2012 at 05:50 PM Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 at 05:50 PM Does anyone know the names of the strokes in the radical 'cao3 zi4 tou2'/草字头 - that is the radical in these characters: 草,荷,花. The horizontal line I know, its heng2, but the two somewhat vertical lines I can't figure out. I asked some Chinese people last weekend but they couldn't agree on what the strokes were. They either both could be shu4, or maybe the one on the right could be pie3 and the one on the left, na4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted August 2, 2012 at 08:06 PM Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 at 08:06 PM Looks like a pair of shus to me. ...not that I really know the first thing about Chinese calligraphy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted August 2, 2012 at 11:28 PM Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 at 11:28 PM The first "vertical line" starting from the left is a 竖 (shu4) and the second one is a 撇 (pie3). See these videos: http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/26897201-1368507310.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzc0Mjg1ODE2.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisha2766 Posted August 8, 2012 at 06:25 AM Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 at 06:25 AM Thanks! It really is hard to tell from some fonts. Some really do write them both as 'shu4'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted August 8, 2012 at 12:45 PM Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 at 12:45 PM Graphemically, they are both 豎. The second one, however, should be written as 撇. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisha2766 Posted August 30, 2012 at 03:54 AM Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 at 03:54 AM Thanks, so call them both shu while writing them, but write the second one like pie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted September 1, 2012 at 12:34 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 at 12:34 AM What you call it depends on who you're talking to. If it's an IME or stroke-type-based dictionary, then call it 豎. If it's a human, then call it 撇. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dona Posted September 14, 2012 at 04:37 PM Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 at 04:37 PM I remembered my tutor told me they were shu4 and pie3. But I'm still confused. I think they are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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