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? Strokes (bǐ huà) usually refer to the uninterrupted points and lines of various shapes that make up Chinese characters, such as horizontal (一), vertical (丨) ), apostrophe (丿), dot (丶), fold (乛), etc. It is the smallest connected unit that constitutes the shape of Chinese characters.

There are eight basic strokes of traditional Chinese characters, namely "dot (丶), horizontal (一), vertical (丨), left (丿), 捺 (乀), lift, fold (乛), Hook (亅)", also known as "Eight Methods of Yongzi". The "General Chinese Character Font Form for Printing" issued by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Character Reform Commission on January 30, 1965, and the National Language and Character Working Committee, the Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China and the State Press and Publication Administration in March 1988 The "Modern Chinese Common Character List" released stipulates five basic strokes: horizontal (一), vertical (丨), left (丿), dot (丶), and fold (乛), also known as the "Zha Zi method".

There are two types of Chinese character fonts: handwriting and printing. Script refers to the handwriting form of text. It is flexible and diverse and easy to express personal style. There are three main types of modern Chinese handwriting: regular script, cursive script, and running script. Printing style refers to the printing form of text. There are four main types of modern Chinese printing styles: Song style, imitation Song style, regular style, and black style. Among them, Song style and regular style are the most commonly used printing styles.

The eight strokes of the character "Yong" are a method of explaining the brushes used for dot painting in block letters. It is called "Yong" eight strokes because it takes the eight strokes of the character "Yong" as an example. There are three sources of its origin: (1) Zhang Xu said, see "Mochi Bian"; (2) Seng Zhiyong said, see "Shu Yuan Jinghua"; (3) Cai Yong and Wang Xizhi said, see Li Puguang's "Xue'an" Eight Methods". The point of the method is "side", the side edge must be sharp, the strokes must be spread out, and the edge must be drawn back; the horizontal stroke is "le", the paper must be placed against the edge, go slowly and return quickly, and should not pass along the edge; The straight pen is "nu", which should not be too straight. If it is too straight, it will be stiff and weak, so it must be straight but the curve is visible; the hook is "误 (tì)", and the pen must be lifted up at the front and suddenly lifted up, so that the power can be concentrated At the tip of the pen; the upward and horizontal strokes are "ce", the force is used to draw the pen, and the effective force is at the end of the painting; the long stroke is "plunder (lüè)", the starting stroke is the same as the straight stroke, the front edge should be slightly fatter, and the strength should be sent, as if it is not coming back. , it is easy to suffer from the problem of drifting and unstable; the short stroke is "peck", the stroke is written to the left, and it should be fast and sharp; the stroke stroke is "甔(zhé)", which means the stroke should be stroked lightly against the front, and the stroke should be folded and moved slowly until the end. To retreat, the key is to be subtle. Later generations also extended the word "Eight Methods" to the name of "calligraphy".