深 deep (shen1) in Easy Mandarin & Kaishu Chinese Calligraphy

The series of short videos "Characters in Easy Mandarin & Kaishu Calligraphy" may be used to practice Chinese calligraphy and understand some basic Mandarin. Being able to understand, read, and write Chinese, one can make more progress in learning Chinese calligraphy and related arts.

There are many videos like this one, commonly titled "A Word A Day 每日一字 " or "Learn A Chinese Character Everyday" in Asian countries. Those bite-sized lessons are a popular way to learn Mandarin on TV or the Internet.

The videos here do not intend to cover all aspects of Mandarin Chinese. Only basic pronunciations, sentences, and conversations are included as easy examples. The stroke sequence, number of strokes, and section header are shown as adapted from www.9610.com online free Chinese calligraphy dictionary database.

For Mandarin Chinese typing, meanings, pronunciations & more:
www.njstar.com
www.neospeech.com

For more info and techniques of Kai Shu:
http://www.art-virtue.com/styles/kai/index.htm
http://www.art-virtue.com/principles/index.htm

Look for Chinese calligrahy Four Treasures stores
http://www.art-virtue.com/links/index.htm#4



Filename: Deep-Kaishu-Calligraphy-Red-3waterdots-10312009.wmv
Related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBzsvgznIz8

Category:

Education

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• Kai Shu
• 楷書
• Chinese calligraphy
• 書法
• calligraphy
• Shoudo
• Shodo
• Hanji
• Kanji
• Mandarin Chinese
• Chinese writing
• Kaishu
• China
• art
• brush
• language
• handwriting
• Shufa
• 書道
• 書藝
• the Shodo
• section header
• head section
• Chinese radicals
• 三點水
• 氵
• 深
• deep
• a word a day

[cristobelle56]

Xie Xie. It would be great if we can watch "A Word A Day" on TV here ! Unfortunately, we are not as lucky as you. Best,

[artvirtue]

@cristobelle56 If you search 每日一字 on YouTube, there are many short clips. However, they are spoken in Mandarin instead of English.

[cristobelle56]

@artvirtue thank you for the link, I found the channel and although the clips are in mandarin, it is still valuable to me. Best,

[artvirtue]

@cristobelle56 Some episodes of 每日一字 contain some rarely used Chinese characters, anecdotes, and usages of classical Chinese which are not easy even for a native Chinese. 

[tutusgram]

I like this idea of one character per day and as always it is a pleasure to watch you paint and I enjoy seeing the same character in several scripts as well as the words in a phrase and sentence. Thank you so much. 

[artvirtue]

@tutusgram Thank you. When I was young in Taiwan, we watched "A Word A Day 每日一字" daily on TV. Though it was not required by schools, teachers and parents encouraged us to watch 每日一字. I remember my teacher would discuss with us the next day regarding the program we watched last evening. In Taiwan, usually there was a calligrapher demonstrating "the Word of the Day" with brush and ink, then the host would proceed to the meanings and usages of the word. I am sending you the original 每日一字 with CBP.

[cristobelle56]

@artvirtue  thank you. Best,

[cristobelle56]

@artvirtue Thanks a lot. I will copy and paste the chinese characters on to Youtube and see what happens. Will let you know the outcome. Best,

[artvirtue]

@001Asoer Thank you for your insightful comment. I learned some models of the Tang Dynasty. As I was writing this sheet, they kept flowing through my mind and hands.

Some books point out that 黃自元 based his style on 歐陽詢 and 柳公權; the style of 裴休 was somewhat in between those of 歐陽詢 and 柳公權; 歐陽詢 derived his early styles from 蘇孝慈墓誌... Those similarities and hints can be obvious for many viewers.

[001Asoer]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I primarily see a mix of 歐陽詢 and 顏真卿 in your handwriting.