{"id":48,"date":"2011-11-24T19:39:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T00:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scallender.info\/?p=48"},"modified":"2012-03-02T13:46:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:46:48","slug":"is-there-a-correct-way-of-writing-chinese-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scallender.info\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"Is there a correct way of writing Chinese?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there is a correct way of writing Chinese characters.\u00a0 In order to look up a Chinese character, you must know stroke order and the number of strokes in a particular Chinese character.\u00a0 To give an example, let\u2019s look at the Chinese character below that means:\u00a0 <strong>everlasting or eternal<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 It takes 5 strokes to write this character!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Everlasting1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/?attachment_id=49\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Everlasting1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"199,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Everlasting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Everlasting1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49\" title=\"Everlasting\" src=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Everlasting1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This character shows the correct order as well is the correct stroke order.\u00a0 So the correct order is always <strong>top to bottom, and left to right<\/strong>.\u00a0 This character also shows all the strokes of Chinese calligraphy.<\/p>\n<p>There are a group of 214 Chinese characters called Radicals that are the building characters or root components.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can not use a traditional Chinese dictionary without knowing the correct stroke order!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a page below from one of my many Chinese books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/?attachment_id=32\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2910,1955\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;MP620 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1321378796&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chinese Radicals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals-1024x687.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32\" title=\"Chinese Radicals\" src=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2910\" height=\"1955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals.jpg 2910w, https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scallender.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Chinese-Radicals-446x300.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2910px) 100vw, 2910px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there is a correct way of writing Chinese characters.\u00a0 In order to look up a Chinese character, you must know stroke order and the number of strokes in a particular Chinese character.\u00a0 To give an example, let\u2019s look at &hellip; 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