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This presentation summarizes key aspects of the Chinese writing system. It discusses the structure of Chinese characters, including how they are written using strokes and stroke order guidelines. It also describes different historical styles of calligraphy and the typical number of characters needed for literacy. Recent reforms are noted, including simplified characters, use of pinyin romanization, and proposals to abandon characters altogether. The presentation was submitted by a group for a class on the study of writing systems.

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Presentation Chinese Character

This presentation summarizes key aspects of the Chinese writing system. It discusses the structure of Chinese characters, including how they are written using strokes and stroke order guidelines. It also describes different historical styles of calligraphy and the typical number of characters needed for literacy. Recent reforms are noted, including simplified characters, use of pinyin romanization, and proposals to abandon characters altogether. The presentation was submitted by a group for a class on the study of writing systems.

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WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION

CHINESE CHARACTERS
LING-303
STUDY OF WRITING SYSTEM
PRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY GROUP-3

• SUPTY BARUA - 17114002

• RAKIBUL HASAN -17114023

• ARIFUL ISLAM - 17114048


CONTENT

• STRUCTURE OF CHINESE CHARACTERS


HOW CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN?
• WRITTEN STYLE
CALLIGRAPHY
• HOW MANY CHARACTERS DOES CHINESE HAVE?
• RECENT REFORMS
STRUCTURE OF CHINESE
CHARACTERS
HOW CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN

CHINESE CHARACTERS, ALSO CALLED HANZI ARE LOGOGRAMS DEVELOPED FOR THE WRITING
OF CHINESE.
CHINESE CHARACTERS IN SOUTH KOREA, WHICH ARE KNOWN AS HANJA, RETAIN
SIGNIFICANT USE IN KOREAN ACADEMIA TO STUDY ITS DOCUMENTS, HISTORY, LITERATURE
AND RECORDS.
 CHINESE CHARACTERS ARE THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY USED SYSTEM OF WRITING IN THE
WORLD.
CHINESE, MOST WORDS ARE COMPOUNDS WRITTEN WITH TWO OR MORE CHARACTERS.
HOW CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN

• TO WRITE THE CHARACTERS OF CHINESE ; GENERALLY THERE ARE ONE THING HAVE TO
FOLLOW AND IT IS -
•

• THE STROKES OF CHARACTERS


A STROKE IS A MOVEMENT OF A WRITING INSTRUMENT ON A WRITING SURFACE.
• STROKES ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS FOR FORMING A CHINESE CHARACTER.
• THE STROKE CHARACTERS ARE CALLED ( BE / HOWA) IN CHINESE,
STROKE

THERE IS A SIX GUIDELINES FOR STROKE ORDERS -


TOP TO BOTTOM
LEFT TO RIGHT
HORIZONTAL BEFORE VERTICAL
OUTER BEFORE INNER FINISHED
MIDDLE BEFORE SIDES
CLOSE BOTTOM LAST
STROKE

• THERE ARE ONLY 29 STROKE IN CHINESE CHARACTERS. THE SIX BASIC CHARACTERS ARE-

• THE OTHER STROKE DERIVED FROM SIX BASIC STROKE.


(HANG)

(YI) = 1 (ER)= 2

(SAN) =3
• TOP TO BOTTOM
(SU)

• HORIZONTAL BEFORE VERTICAL

(SHI) (TU) = LAND


(GONG) = WORKER
LEFT FOLLOWING STROKE (PE-A)

• LEFT TO RIGHT

•
(HANG Z00)

• TOP TO BOTTOM CLOSE BOTTOM LAST

KOU

( SU ) (HANG ZOO) (HANG)


ONE STROKE ONE STROKE ONE STROKE.
GUIDELINES 1 AND 6
CALLIGRAPHY

 Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining


purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning.
 This type of expression has been widely practiced in china and has been generally
held in high esteem across east Asia.
 According to stanley-baker , "calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy
in motion that is registered as traces on silk or paper, with time and rhythm in
shifting space its main ingredients.
CALLIGRAPHY

• Calligraphy has also led to the development of many forms of art in china, including
seal carving, ornate paperweights, and ink stones.
• Calligraphy or writing beautifully - one of the strongest culture in china.
• Ma`o bi^ - traditional writing brush of chinese.
• That time chinese people used to write with brush and it was thought that good
calligraphy means good scholarship
• Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.
CALLIGRAPHY

IN CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, CHINESE CHARACTERS CAN BE WRITTEN ACCORDING TO FIVE MAJOR STYLES. THESE
STYLES ARE INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO THE HISTORY OF CHINESE SCRIPT.
1. ORACLE BONE WRITING
2. SMALL SEAL SCRIPT
3. CLERICAL SCRIPT
4. CURSIVE
5. SEMI –CURSIVE SCRIPT
6. REGULAR SCRIPT
TYPES OF CALLIGRAPHY

SEAL CLERICAL CURSIVE SEMI-CURSIVE REGULAR


ORACLE BONE WRITING

• ORACLE BONE SCRIPT WAS AN ANCESTOR OF MODERN


CHINESE CHARACTERS ENGRAVED ON ORACLE BONES—
ANIMAL BONES—IN THE LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM BC, AND
IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN FORM OF CHINESE WRITING.

• THE ORACLE BONE CHARACTERS ARE PICTOGRAPHS.


SMALL SEAL SCRIPT

• QIN SCRIPT IS AN ARCHAIC FORM OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY. IT WAS STANDARDIZE AND


PROMULGATED AS A NATIONAL STANDARD BY THE GOVERNMENT OF QIN SHI HUANG , THE
FOUNDER OF THE CHINESE QIN DYNASTY.

• THE USES OF SMALL SCRIPT--


 DECORATIVE PURPOSE SMALL STONE SEAL
 SMALL STONE SEALS ARE USED AS A SIGNATURE TO INDICATE SOMEONE'S IDENTITY.
THE CLERICAL STYLE

• AS A MORE EASILY WRITTEN FOLLOWING STYLE ,THE CLERICAL SCRIPT ,WAS USED BY
TRADITIONAL CHINESE , IS A STYLE OF CHINESE WRITING WHICH EVOLVED FROM THE
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO THE QIN DYNASTY.
• IT WAS MATURED AND BECAME DOMINANT IN THE HAN DYNASTY, AND REMAINED IN
LARGELY ACTIVE USE THROUGH THE WEI-JIN PERIODS.
• IN ITS DEVELOPMENT, IT DEPARTED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE EARLIER SCRIPTS IN TERMS OF
GRAPHIC STRUCTURES AND WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS RECTILINEARITY, A TRAIT SHARED
WITH THE LATER REGULAR SCRIPT.
CURSIVE

• CURSIVE SCRIPT OFTEN MISTRANSLATED AS GRASS SCRIPT, IS A SCRIPT STYLE USED IN


CHINESE AND EAST ASIAN CALLIGRAPHY.
• CURSIVE SCRIPT IS FASTER TO WRITE THAN OTHER STYLES, BUT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ
FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT.
• IT FUNCTIONS PRIMARILY AS A KIND OF SHORTHAND SCRIPT OR CALLIGRAPHIC STYLE.
PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY READ STANDARD OR PRINTED FORMS OF CHINESE OR RELATED
SCRIPTS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY READING THIS.
HOW MANY CHINESE CHARACTERS DOES CHINESE
HAVE?
• HOW MANY CHARACTERS DOES CHINESE HAVE IN CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM ?
• HOW MANY CHARACTERS DO PEOPLE USE ?
FOR BASIC LITERACY THERE ARE 1500 CHARACTERS IS REQUIRED
FOR FUNCTIONAL LITERACY THERE ARE 2500-3000 CHARACTERS IS REQUIRED.
PEOPLE WITH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION TEND TO KNOW 4000 CHARACTERS OR MORE.
6OOO CHARACTERS ARE GIVEN FOR SCHOLARS.
RECENT REFORMS

• LAST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES WITNESSED MANY ATTEMPTS TO
REFORM THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND WRITING SYSTEM.
FRIST REFORM OF THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE DID TAKE PLACE IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
AND THE ANCIENT CLASSICAL LANGUAGE WAS ABANDONED AND THE BEIJING DIALECT AS
SPOKEN BY OFFICIAL. DAY AFTER IT IS USED AS OFFICIAL WRITTEN DIALECT CALLED
PUTONGHUA.
THE SECOND KIND OF REFORM HAS BEEN THE INTRODUCTION OF SIMPLIFIED CHARACTERS. THE
LIST OF NEW SIMPLIFIED FORMS OF CHARACTERS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC
WHICH IS USED IN GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOLS FOR EDUCATION AND OFFICIAL PURPOSE.
RECENT REFORMS

• A THIRD TYPE OF REFORM HAS BEEN A PROPOSAL FOR ABANDONING CHARACTERS


ALTOGETHER IN FAVOR OF SOME NEW TYPE OF ALPHABETIC TRANSCRIPTION. THE CURRENT
OFFICIAL ROMANIZATION IS PINYIN.

TO SUM UP IT CAN BE SAID THAT , CHINESE CHARACTERS HAS SOME SYMBOLIC VALUE WHICH
CARRIES THEIR CULTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE &
VALUABLE TIME

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