I heard a rumor about a character...
orangina
April 07, 2010, 01:32 PM posted in General DiscussionA friend just told me there is a character that if you learn how to write i, you can write any other charater. But she does not know what it is. Has anyone else heard this? More importantly, does anyone know what it is?
John
I remember also learning this about the character 永 when I briefly studied calligraphy.
It's a little confusing, because the character 永 only has five strokes. But within them, these five strokes contain 8 different individual stroke types.
orangina
April 07, 2010, 02:43 PM哈哈！If "forever" is the character I'm looking for that is pretty great. It is actually the first character I learned.
changye
April 07, 2010, 02:51 PMHi orangina
Looks like you made a very good start for learning Chinese.
John
April 08, 2010, 03:38 AMI remember also learning this about the character 永 when I briefly studied calligraphy.
It's a little confusing, because the character 永 only has five strokes. But within them, these five strokes contain 8 different individual stroke types.
changye
April 07, 2010, 01:52 PMHi orangina
Probably it's the character “永”, which contains eight commonly used strokes in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Principles_of_Yong
http://baike.baidu.com/view/52693.htm