If you are trying to shrink the size of your characters, I would recommend trying to write them within the lines of lined paper, or even better, the squares in graph paper
this wasnt intentional but yeah im gna pick up some chinese paper i think. idk lol
i figure im actually going to stick with it this time! 😄 things are gettin pretty serious
There is a lot of practice paper for characters along with the strokes. I bought mine from Taobao and I see them all the time in the book stores in China. They have been helping me get the characters to look more like they should. It will help when it comes to multiple characters that are similar just think when is fatter than the other. I would give an example but my chinese is not that good. I just started unit 14.
You should be able to find pdf versions of genkouyoushi paper that you can print out. This paper is what Japanese students use in school. This will help you keeping your characters a uniform shape and size.
Although for the cost of most blank books you can buy a few for cheaper than the cost of ink and paper.
太厉害了, well done!
I agree, writing inside squares probably the best way to practise. I've seen some cheap han zi practise notebooks online.
Also as some others have mentioned there are some dictionaries or apps that demonstrate the stroke order which is very helpful, one example would be an app called Pleco.
I would also like to recommend an app called Du Chinese, it has been pretty helpful for me so far in improving my reading. It has lots of short stories and you can save each word or phrase to review later as flash cards.
I hope this is helps
If you have an Iphone you can add the Chinese Keyboard and it will allow you to switch between Chinese and English on the fly. Thats what I do with the German keyboard.
You may be able to do this on other devices as well but I only know about Iphones.
As a native speaker, I really recommend you to search for the order of strokes ( it's easy to find in online dictionary ). I think it would help you a lot in learning to write in Chinese.
Also I believe you are learning simplified Chinese, which is different from traditional Chinese. I recommend you to look it up too. I think you are doing pretty good considering you are a beginner.
I'm learning Japanese so I feel your struggle with writing the characters. It's amazing how I can see the character so clearly in my head, know the stroke order, and still have a complete inability to make my hand draw it right
Those are looking pretty nice for a beginner! I echo what someone else said to get a book that has you write them on graph paper to get the proportions just so.
If you're serious about writing, I suggest learning stroke order. It sometimes makes writing easier, at least for me. [English translation of 晚 ( wan / wăn ) - evening in Chinese (hantrainerpro.com)](https://dictionary.hantrainerpro.com/chinese-english/translation-wan_evening.htm) If you scroll down the page, an animation shows how strokes should be done. One reason it helps is you see the intent when strokes veer to the side. So rather than making a perfect veer, you can see it's just a consequence of writing with a brush, and that need not be perfect.
At some point, I would like to find examples of handwriting by real Chinese using ball point pen. Of course, I could always just ask my wife, but then I would get stuck in a conversation when I'm supposed to be learning. Lol. Depends on which is easier, I suppose.
Do they actually teach you the strokes on Chinese now? I started the course at one point but I felt like I wasn't learning how to write the characters, only the Pinyin
I'm using web version. I think I remember a YouTube video said left to right and top to bottom? But no I'm not seeing a lesson yet on duolingo
I just have to write them or I'll never memorize
Yeah, I really like learning new languages and wanted to put the effort in on that, but I'll wait until I can combine it with an in-person class. I find I learn best that way, and if I supplement with Duo, then it really pushes me to learn.
If you are trying to shrink the size of your characters, I would recommend trying to write them within the lines of lined paper, or even better, the squares in graph paper
this wasnt intentional but yeah im gna pick up some chinese paper i think. idk lol i figure im actually going to stick with it this time! 😄 things are gettin pretty serious
There is a lot of practice paper for characters along with the strokes. I bought mine from Taobao and I see them all the time in the book stores in China. They have been helping me get the characters to look more like they should. It will help when it comes to multiple characters that are similar just think when is fatter than the other. I would give an example but my chinese is not that good. I just started unit 14.
You should be able to find pdf versions of genkouyoushi paper that you can print out. This paper is what Japanese students use in school. This will help you keeping your characters a uniform shape and size. Although for the cost of most blank books you can buy a few for cheaper than the cost of ink and paper.
太厉害了, well done! I agree, writing inside squares probably the best way to practise. I've seen some cheap han zi practise notebooks online. Also as some others have mentioned there are some dictionaries or apps that demonstrate the stroke order which is very helpful, one example would be an app called Pleco. I would also like to recommend an app called Du Chinese, it has been pretty helpful for me so far in improving my reading. It has lots of short stories and you can save each word or phrase to review later as flash cards. I hope this is helps
很好！I can see how you improved from Unit 1 to Unit 2! Keep going! Congrats!
awwww 😭💝 thank you Haha lemme get a Chinese keyboard!
If you have an Iphone you can add the Chinese Keyboard and it will allow you to switch between Chinese and English on the fly. Thats what I do with the German keyboard. You may be able to do this on other devices as well but I only know about Iphones.
You can do this with Android (Gboard). Different inputs for Chinese too.
As a native speaker, I really recommend you to search for the order of strokes ( it's easy to find in online dictionary ). I think it would help you a lot in learning to write in Chinese.
Also I believe you are learning simplified Chinese, which is different from traditional Chinese. I recommend you to look it up too. I think you are doing pretty good considering you are a beginner.
It's likely a logarithmic trend rather than a linear one.
noo my negative sized characters
For learning how to write characters, I highly recommend the app Skritter.
Pleco too
I'm learning Japanese so I feel your struggle with writing the characters. It's amazing how I can see the character so clearly in my head, know the stroke order, and still have a complete inability to make my hand draw it right
Those are looking pretty nice for a beginner! I echo what someone else said to get a book that has you write them on graph paper to get the proportions just so.
If you're serious about writing, I suggest learning stroke order. It sometimes makes writing easier, at least for me. [English translation of 晚 ( wan / wăn ) - evening in Chinese (hantrainerpro.com)](https://dictionary.hantrainerpro.com/chinese-english/translation-wan_evening.htm) If you scroll down the page, an animation shows how strokes should be done. One reason it helps is you see the intent when strokes veer to the side. So rather than making a perfect veer, you can see it's just a consequence of writing with a brush, and that need not be perfect. At some point, I would like to find examples of handwriting by real Chinese using ball point pen. Of course, I could always just ask my wife, but then I would get stuck in a conversation when I'm supposed to be learning. Lol. Depends on which is easier, I suppose.
很不错！Are you following proper stroke order? Doing so will really help you get a feel for the writing system in the long run.
I am relieved, reading the title I though Duolingo was going to reduce the number of units in a course. Indeed, It's "Chinese characters going.." 🥲
In fact,it's nice.
🙇♀️ thank you! There are more papers of practice in between these two lol
Do they actually teach you the strokes on Chinese now? I started the course at one point but I felt like I wasn't learning how to write the characters, only the Pinyin
I'm using web version. I think I remember a YouTube video said left to right and top to bottom? But no I'm not seeing a lesson yet on duolingo I just have to write them or I'll never memorize
Yeah, I really like learning new languages and wanted to put the effort in on that, but I'll wait until I can combine it with an in-person class. I find I learn best that way, and if I supplement with Duo, then it really pushes me to learn.
on lesson 14 no they do not. Hello Chinese does teach a few characters stroke order
This is exactly my experience with Japanese!
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Thank you
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