Product Information
In this useful volume, Fred Fang-yu Wang presents materials designed to help solve an often vexing problem for students of Chinese: how to recognize and write handwritten or cursive-style forms of Chinese characters. Such forms are not usually taught in the regular language programs in schools and colleges. Yet they are constantly used by Chinese in informal communications, notes, letters, manuscripts, diaries, and the like. In fact, Chinese seldom write anything in printed-form characters, since cursive forms are generally employed for daily use. Such forms are as frequently seen in Chinese culture as the handwritten forms seen daily in the Western environment. A person unfamilar with the cursive forms will usually find it difficult to read handwritten Chinese despite a thorough knowledge of the printed form. Thus the value of this book. This book teaches students to recognize the cursive versions of 300 basic, frequently-used characters in Chinese, radical by radical. In doing so, it fills a crucial gap in the bridge between academic learning and real-life competence.Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100887100333
ISBN-139780887100338
eBay Product ID (ePID)562021
Product Key Features
Number of Pages282 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChinese Cursive Script : an Introduction to Handwriting in Chinese
Publication Year1958
SubjectGeneral, Chinese
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study
AuthorFred Fang-Yu Wang
SeriesFar Eastern Publications Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceScholarly & Professional
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal495.111