Questions tagged [calligraphy]
a type of visual art related to writing
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Need help with unknown engraving
I came across this engraving and I'm unsure of its age or meaning. I've looked at a plethora of pictorial guides and recognize serif-like hooks consistent with kaishu, but presume its a more modern ...
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Help with Zen Painting translation?
Can anyone help with translating this? I think I see characters for Buddha, Chan Zen and Insight or Seeing Clearly?
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What about the orthography of 苹 (like in 苹果)? It seems consensus is missing
I recently came across an anomaly in Chinese orthography which I can't explain myself. Please take a look at the following picture (screenshot from the Duolingo course on Chinese, I guess in lecture "...
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Is there a website for generating xíngshū (semi-cursive script) from jiǎnhuàzì (simplified characters)?
Google Translate can be a useful tool for converting Simplified Chinese hanzi into Traditional Chinese — but I'm looking for a tool that will enable me to paste in a set of Simplified characters, and ...
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What are good resources for Chinese calligraphy?
Pen writing and brush writing is also welcome.
If possible, I hope you can give your evaluate for these resourses.
I have heard 灵飞经 is a good copybook. Are there something close to that?
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The number of “components” (potentially) to define a Chinese character typeface
This post goes into some hypotheticals on how long it might take to design a Chinese font compared to a Latin font.
It shows an image of potentially some "radicals" which could be used as the base ...
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How to write Chinese fluently?
After learning how to write chinese by directly copying characters from my phone or my computer (digital ones), I noticed that I still can’t decipher the character chinese people are writing.
I know ...
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Poem for Calligraphy Art
It maybe very dumb, stupid and unwise that I have an interest in learning to write Chinese calligraphy when I can't write more than hundred Chinese words, but still I always think Chinese calligraphy ...
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What are these characters from this chopsticks packaging?
What are the characters shown in the following chopsticks packaging?
I've no idea what the first character is and the Chinese speakers at the restaurant at which I was given this package couldn't ...
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Traditional alternative to 水寫布 (water-writing paper) for calligraphy practice?
I'd like to practice my writing with brush, and came across this textile that I think is used a lot in schools at least in Taiwan:
Image from http://detail.net114.com/chanpin/1018435996.html
It's ...
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What was the idea behind simplification, given 行書 existed?
Efforts of simplification of Chinese Characters predate the Communists by decades. I assume that all these native Chinese people in favour of simplification were infinitely better educated than I am. ...
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How are the Kanji in this Dictionary Ordered?
I don't understand the basis for the ordering of the Kanji in this dictionary:
http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/ho04/ho04_00717/index.html
It seems to be a Rime Dictionary and I found ...
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written characters: bèi vs jiàn
I have two books displaying different meannings for characters that look the same to me: What is the difference (if any) among the character for "bèi" (shell, money) and "jiàn" (to see)?
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How to spell these words in Chinese alphabets? [closed]
since there is a wide range of letters in Chinese language , I need your best offers on spelling (pronounce) these words by use of only Chinese Characters in its most accurate form ?
the spelling ...
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How to learn to read Chinese calligraphic paintings (and Chinese handwriting)?
I am able to read quite a few Chinese characters and can recognize most
of the elements (combinations of radicals and other stroke sequences) which
make up the 3500 or so or more characters found in ...
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What is the meaning of this calligraphy? [closed]
This slogan or motto is written in Chinese, though it comes from Korea. I have wondered many years what does it mean. Thank you for your help to understand it.
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Thanks to the answers so far, I ...
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What does this calligraphy say? who is it by? [closed]
I can't seem to find it anywhere, I was told it was by a famous Beijing lecturer (?). Thanks!
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Dot vs. slash in Chinese computer fonts
We have been working with a new character system that differentiates between a dot and a slash in Chinese characters.
The issue I have is being able to instinctively tell which one I should use. When ...
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Fast-written forms of 草书 characters
Are they frequently used? Which one of the three is applied more often: is it the 章草, the 今草 or the 狂草?
Are they different in comparison with the 行書?
Are there any online resourses to learn more ...
