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How to Write "Horse" in Chinese Symbols

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Summary: Learn how to write "horse" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on Chinese characters in this free language video clip

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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 me teach you the Chinese word for "horse" "ma". Similarly, "ma" is a very simple character but you need to pay attention to its stroke. This is the first stroke and it's a horizontal turning, it's one stroke and this is the second stroke, this is one stroke. We say this is vertical horizontal turning hook so it's a complicated stroke here. First stroke, the second and the third, this is "ma". The character or the word "ma" and "ma" is also a very common radical. When it becomes radical, you can see that the last horizontal stroke becomes a very short rising, like this. So this is the character "ma" and this is the radical "ma" which means "horse". "Horse". "Ma"."

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