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shikang -

I just started learning Chinese roughly eight weeks ago. I'm taking a class and I really love it.
Unfortunately most of the students aren't as motivated as me and the pace is drudging along. I am
planning to study in China soon and am doing as much as I can to try to learn on my own without
learning improperly. I'm doing a lot of practice writing; we have to memorise dialogues, and I'm
also memorising how to write each one. We're learning the first 100 or so characters in
traditional, but I don't care if you provide simplified.

All the character practice we have done in class is on those huge grid things; our character tests
have been on them as well. When I am practicing on notebook paper I am unsure of how spacing and
size should be working out (I'm usually just doing horizontal but have messed around with vertical
as well). I have had little luck finding scans of normal peoples' hand writing, so if anyone has
some scans on hand or would like to make some to give me an idea what it should look like I'd
appreciate it! If you want something to write I'll give you part of our second dialogue:

A: 那個人是誰, 他是不是一個大學生？
B: 不是, 他是我們的老師, 也是我們的老朋友
A: 老師是我們的朋友嗎？
B: 是的
A: 這張桌子是你的不是？
B: 不是, 這張桌子是他的, 這把椅子也是他的
A: 哪張桌子是你的呢？
B: 那張桌子是我的, 那把椅子也是我的, 那張桌子 跟那把椅子都是我的



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imron -

This is the book to read if you're interested in getting a handle on Chinese handwriting.

You could also try this font.










kudra -

@imron
I don't think the OP was talking about cursive.
@shikang
I'd advise against worrying about cursive at least until you know stroke order without being told
explicitly. Search on the web for character practice sheets. I think there is one at Yale in with
the David and Helen material. I'd stick with filling boxes to train your sense of proportions, I
still do.

Since you are doing trad. check out "Lady in the Painting" which has text hand written -- not
cursive -- and uses "the first" 300 characters. try yale univ. press online. (I'm on my palm so
cutting and pasting a link is a pain)










Gulao -

"Normal people's" handwriting tends to not be as formalized as you should be going for to start
out. It's more reduced and fast.

What you want to do when you start out is try to think of your paper as made up of squares. Each
character should roughly take up one square. As far as character proportions within the square
paradigm, other than the ones they tell you about in class, you shouldn't need to worry too much.










skylee -

shikang, I think this is probably what you want (click to enlarge) ->


It is my handwriting. I don't have a scanner which is why it is a jpg. Hope it helps.










Strawberries513 -

hehe I love your handwriting Skylee especially the "bu4"s how long did it take you to reach that
level? and did you just do it by writing alot and eventually it looked pretty? lol Ive been
studying for a year and my handwriting is poo...

http://www. /attach...1&d=1162045811










skylee -

strawberries, I am Chinese. I learnt to write (in traditional script) from about 3 or 4 to about14
(we had to write using brush and ink regularly, weekly practice and dictation etc, but it was
probably just my school). And my handwriting is not great.










shikang -

Thanks guys. But you think I should keep practicing on those grid sheets for starting out? How
long should I keep using the grid sheets before I practice on regular paper?










shikang -

Ok I'm not seeing the edit button?

edit: I just noticed neither of you used notebook/lined paper. Is it generally a bad idea to write
on notebook paper or is it okay? That is part of the problem I was having is that I end up writing
very small when I use notebook paper so that all the characters fit within the lines.










wai ming -



Quote:

But you think I should keep practicing on those grid sheets for starting out? How long should I
keep using the grid sheets before I practice on regular paper?

Definitely. Until you're comfortable writing and all your characters are proportionate and the
same size

You said in your first post that you were using "huge grid things" in class; as you feel more
comfortable writing, you might like to try using smaller ones












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