Five Basic Strokes：Unlock 20+ Chinese Characters

Chinese is not a phonetic language. It is a language based on meaning and visual symbols. The basic elements of Chinese characters are strokes. Chinese has four levels: Strokes → Components (Radicals) → Characters → Words Today, we will start with the 5 most basic strokes: 横 (héng) — horizontal stroke 豎 (shù) — vertical stroke 撇 (piě) — left-falling stroke 捺 (nà) — right-falling stroke 點 (diǎn) — dot Once you know these five strokes, you can already write more than 20 Chinese characters! ‪@DailyZhongwen‬ ‪@SayMandarin‬ ‪@DANLIAOFreeToLearnChinese‬ ‪@chinesewithmegan‬ ‪@UncleHanzi‬ ‪@everydayhanzi‬ ‪@fancyhanzi‬ ‪@xihuan_zhongwen‬