Trying calligraphy: start with one character

How can you ask about a character and explain what help you need?

Enter an imagined calligraphy class and connect character shapes, sounds and meanings.

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Trying calligraphy: start with one character

Fictional story · local synthesized audio, listening review pending

博参加了社区中心的书法课。

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Translation and pinyin

Bo joins a calligraphy class at a community centre.

Bó cānjiā le shèqū zhōngxīn de shūfǎ kè.

他的桌上有一支毛笔和一张纸。

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Translation and pinyin

There is a brush and a sheet of paper on his desk.

Tā de zhuō shàng yǒu yī zhī máobǐ hé yī zhāng zhǐ.

他向老师询问“山”这个汉字。

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Translation and pinyin

He asks the teacher about the character for mountain.

Tā xiàng lǎoshī xúnwèn “shān” zhège hànzì.

博写字以前，老师先把这个字读出来。

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Translation and pinyin

The teacher reads the character aloud before Bo writes it.

Bó xiě zì yǐqián, lǎoshī xiān bǎ zhège zì dú chūlái.

Supporting vocabulary

书法 · 毛笔 · 墨 · 纸 · 汉字 · 写 · 意思 · 发音 · 读 · 学 · 问题 · 回答 ·

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Main scenario

Trying calligraphy: start with one character — start an exchange

Bo joins a calligraphy class at a community centre.

How can you ask about a character and explain what help you need?

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Cultural notes and sources

UNESCO lists Chinese calligraphy as intangible cultural heritage and describes its artistic dimension.

Chinese calligraphy

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