Tips for writing Chinese characters
by Charles Ray
While the Chinese language is often difficult for Westerners to master, the ideographic writing system can be mastered with practice.
In learning to write Chinese characters, it is helpful to first visualize a square, and ensure that each character fit symmetrically within that square. Even in the flowing lines of Asian calligraphy, one can note that each of the characters can be circumscribed
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