Does a similar system to a pangram exist for handwriting practice

Question

Question

Does Chinese have sets of phrases that cover both basic and complex strokes that are memorizable?

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Situation

Within Alphabetic based languages we would be able to practice handwriting using a pangram

Examples:

Victor jagt zwölf Boxkämpfer quer über den großen Sylter Deich

When zombies arrive, quickly fax judge Pat

This way we can practice writing in a real application because it utilizes the full alphabet of a given language

"Eight Principles of Yong" (image below) does contain the basic strokes but it's as useful for handwriting practice as writing out the alphabet in alphabetic based languages. Good for learning the basics but not practical once you start writing out fully qualified sentences.

"Thousand Character Classic" was another piece I found but it's impractical to use as there is no way I can memorize

Lastly I found the question "How to improve my Chinese writing" to be very useful but only to the extent of how to critic ones own handwriting not so much on what to write out to review

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Definitions used

To qualify the difference between basic and complex strokes below is picture of the Unicode CJK standard for strokes

Answer 1

I think you've pretty much answered your question. No there is no exact equivalent - an easily-memorised group of phrases that you can write repeatedly, to practice handwriting. There are two options:

• For basic practice of writing strokes, Eight Principles of Yong is fine; you may even practice one stroke repeatedly, for example if you were doing brush calligraphy
• To practice getting the shape and positioning of strokes/characters right, it is necessary to practice with a large corpus. Thousand Character Classic is a good option but you can substitute with your favourite poem or article. The point is to practice writing strokes and radicals that are different shapes and sizes, and getting their proportions right.