How to Begin Writing Chinese Characters: Everything You Need to Know!

There are many benefits to learn to write Chinese characters:

Many learners may think that if they know pinyin, they can type the characters they need into a computer keyboard. However, even learners who know pinyin may frequently input incorrect sentences into the computer and may express the wrong meaning. Others may not understand what they want to express. The reason is, in Chinese, one pinyin input may match multiple Chinese characters (homonyms). Readers cannot understand what you wish to express if you choose the irrelevant characters.

Here are two steps that you can take to begin learning to write Chinese characters:

Step 1: Know how to start

Just like building a house, we have to build in order as we put the characters together. Characters are written by combining different "strokes". So, you need to start from learning the various strokes. Learn the stroke order and know the rules to construct the character properly (and beautifully!).

You also need to learn Chinese character components and structure. Chinese characters have different types: single-component characters (人) and multi-component characters (妈). Complicated types contain more strokes and components, such as "森", which consists of three "木".

The basic structure of Chinese characters...Read More

春 (Chūn) Spring

小草偷偷地从土里钻出来，嫩嫩的，绿绿的。园子里，田野里，瞧去，一大片一大片满是的。坐着，趟着，打两个滚，踢几脚球，赛几趟跑，捉几回迷藏。风轻悄悄的，草软绵绵的。
桃树、杏树、 梨树，你不让我，我不让你，都开满了花赶趟儿。红的像火，粉的像霞，白的像雪。花里带着甜味儿，闭了眼，树上仿佛已经满是桃儿、杏儿、梨儿！花下成千成百的蜜蜂嗡 嗡地闹着，大小的蝴蝶飞来飞去。野花遍地是：杂样儿，有名字的，没名字的，散在草丛里像眼睛，像星星，还眨呀眨的。

"吹面不寒杨柳风"，不错的，像母亲的手抚摸着你。风里带来些新翻的泥土气息，混着青草味儿，还有各种花的香都在微微润湿的空气里酝酿。鸟儿将窠巢安在繁花嫩叶当中，高兴起来了，呼朋引伴地卖弄清脆的喉咙，唱出宛转的曲子，与轻风流水应和着。牛背上牧童的短笛，这时候也成天嘹亮地响。

1．将下列句子中加点的字换成括号中的字好不好？为什么？
小草偷偷地（慢慢地）从土里钻（长）出来。
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2．请阅读文中的画线句子，请回答作者是从哪个角度来描写春风的？写出了春风的什么特点？
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3．文章中写到"花里带着甜味儿；闭了眼，树上仿佛已经满是桃花、杏儿、梨儿"，这一句中的"仿佛"是什么意思？它能否删掉？为什么？
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