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How to Write More Chinese Characters Using Calligraphy

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Summary: Learn more ways to write Chinese characters correctly in this free video clip on Asian calligraphy and language.

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Bo Feng is an experienced Chinese/English translator and interpreter. He has worked for Chinese International Travel Services, Lingnan Art Publishing House and Phillips Petroleum. Feng...read more

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"OK. So we got these strokes and they are called "de-an", dots. "Hung" -- that's a horizontal. "Soo", that's a vertical. "Pe-air" -- that is a left slant. "Nah" -- that is a right slant. And then here is a bend, "hojur". So, these are components, very basic, Chinese strokes that we will use to form a character. So, with this plus this left slant and then a right slant, that forms a Chinese word. And with a horizontal and a vertical, that forms a different Chinese word or Chinese character. And in this combination, I have a vertical and then a bend and then another horizontal, then that's another Chinese word. So, we have this dot and another dot and this and more dots and horizontal and vertical. That forms another word. So, respectively, these words has the meaning like this one "pe-air" and "nah" -- left slant and right slant -- is eight. Bah. And this is ten, a number, "Slur". And this is mouth. That's "kol". And this is "hi-yung". That's the ocean."

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