Chinese Writing and Calligraphy

Glossary

251 bamboo slats 竹簡 zhújiǎn boar (zodiac) 豬 zhū borrowing 假借 jiǎjiè Bronze Script 金文 jīnwén brush 毛筆 máobı̌ calligraphy 書法 shūfǎ center tip 中锋 zhōngfēng character formation 造字 zàozì chicken blood stone 雞血石 jīxiě shí Clerical Script 隸書 lìshū Clerical transformation 隶变 lìbiàn collector seals 收藏章 shōucángzhāng composition 章法 zhāngfǎ copying 臨 lín Cursive Style 草書 cǎoshū dog (zodiac) 狗 gǒu dot (stroke) 點 diǎn (english–chinese–pinyin) Glossary glossary (english – chinese – pinyin) 252 down-left (stroke) 撇 piě down-right (stroke) 捺 nà dragon (zodiac) 龍 lóng Duan inkstone 端硯 Duānyàn Earthly Branches 地支 dìzhī goat hair (brush) 羊毫 yángháo Great Seal Script 大篆 dàzhuàn hard (tipped) pen 硬筆 yìngbı̌ Heavenly Stems 天干 tiāngàn hook (stoke) 鈎 gōu horizontal line (stroke) 横 héng horse (zodiac) 馬 mǎ Hu brush 湖筆 Húbı̌ Hui ink 徽墨 Huīmò indicatives 指事 zhı̌shì ink 墨 mò ink stone 硯 yàn instruments 工具 gōngjù intaglio 白文印 báiwényìn large-size characters 大楷 dàkǎi leisure seals 閑章 xiánzhāng lift 提 tí mid-size characters 中楷 zhōngkǎi mi-grid 米字格 mı̌zìgé mixed hair (brush) 兼毫 jiānháo model (for writing) 帖 tiè monkey (zodiac) 猴 hóu mouse (zodiac) 鼠 shǔ name seals 名章 míngzhāng nine-cell grid pattern 九宮格 jiǔgōnggé official seals 官印 guānyìn outline tracing 勾描 gōumiáo ox (zodiac) 牛 niú pause 頓 dùn personal seals 私章 sīzhāng pictographs 象形 xiàngxíng press down 按 àn glossary (english – chinese – pinyin) 253 rabbit (zodiac) 兔 tù red tracing 描紅 miáohóng Regular Script 楷書 kǎishū relief 朱文印 zhūwényìn rice paper 宣紙 xuānzhı̌ right-up tick (stroke) 提 tí rooster (zodiac) 雞 jī royal seals 璽 xı̌ Running Style 行書 xíngshū script 書體 shūtı̌ seal carving 篆刻 zhuànkè seals 印 yìn Seal Script 篆書 zhuànshū semantic compounds 會意 huìyì semantic-phonetic compounds 形聲 xíngshēng semantic transfer 轉註 zhuǎnzhù sheep (zodiac) 羊 yáng Shell and Bone Script 甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén Shoushan stone 寿山石 shòushān shí side tip 侧锋 cèfēng Small Seal Script 小篆 xiǎozhuàn small-size characters 小楷 xiǎokǎi snake (zodiac) 蛇 shé square-grid pattern 方格 fānggé strokes 筆畫 bı̌huà stroke techniques 筆法 bı̌fǎ studio seals 斋馆印 zhāiguǎnyìn tiger (zodiac) 虎 hǔ tip 鋒 fēng tracing 摹 mò turn (stroke) 折 zhé vertical line (stroke) 竪 shù weasel hair (brush) 狼毫 lángháo Wild Cursive Script 狂草 kuángcǎo wooden slats 木簡 mùjiǎn ...