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1、RUDIMENTS OF CHINESE CHARACTERS1RUDIMENTS OF CHINESE CHARACTERSChinese characters are written in a shape of square, therefore they are known as square-shaped characters. Each character consists of various strokes formed by different dots or lines as the basic components.There are six basic strokes o

2、f Chinese characters.(someone also holds the idea that eight basic strokes) They are horizontal stroke, the vertical stroke, the left-falling stroke,the dot stroke and the rising stroke. Other type of strokes are derived from the strokes mentioned above,and thus known as the derived strokes.The orde

3、r of strokes for writing Chinese Characters The great majority of Chinese characters are formed by more than two strokes. In writing them two points should be taken notice of: The strokes can only be written in certain directions. For example, the horizontal stroke should only go from left to right.

4、 It would be wrong if it is done otherwise. Similarly the vertical stroke can only be written from top to bottom, never bottom to top. The strokes that are used to from a character should be written in a certain order known as “stroke order”. For instance, in writing 十,the horizontal stroke always goes before the vertical one.The basic strokes of Chinese charactersThe derived strokes