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How to Write "Rat" in Chinese Symbols

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Summary: Learn how to write the word "rat" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on animal Chinese characters in this free video clip.

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By Xi Chen
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Xi Chen got her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was newly appointed program...read more

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"Now let's come to the Chinese word for rat or mouse. Lao shu in Chinese. In this word lao is just a morphing that is bound to a shu. That means it has no meaning itself in this word. And shu actually means rat or mouse. When we write this word shu, it's a little bit complicated. Okay this is the first part, this is the top part we need to finish. And then let's come to something in the bottom. This is the vertical hook and very small two dots. And a vertical hook again, you can make it a little bit right falling. And this is slanting hook again. Okay let me write lao. Very long after falling stroke and here, this is just one stroke. And short left of falling. First, second, third. And then let's look at this part. This is a horizontal turning and the horizontal. The last stroke of this part is the horizontal, we close the door here. And hook, two dots, a little bit slanting hook, two dots and this is the more slanting hook. Shu, okay. How about we write it again, because it's difficult. Lao shu, rat or mouse."

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