Little fun challenge!
First attempt at writing the biáng character, which is a type of noodle in Shaanxi cuisine. Deemed the most complex "genuine" Chinese character with its 58 strokes. Full of flaws but not too bad for a first I guess.
Next challenge: an "artistic" character made of 172 strokes. Wish me luck!

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Thought I'd give a small life sign. Along with my art, I've been getting back into calligraphy. Here are some (cheat) cursive 心 hearts for you all. My personal favourite is the little one in the top right corner.

#heart #hanzi #chinesecharacter #calligraphy #心 #書法 #書道 #漢字 #寫字

Another older rabbit print, I made this linocut as part of my Chinese zodiac series. I wanted the rabbit to appear bathed in moonlight to allude to the myth of the moon rabbit, companion of Chang’e the moon goddess, continually pounding the elixir of life with mortar and pestle.

#linocut #printmaking #rabbit #ChineseZodiac #ChineseCharacter #moonRabbit #mythology

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#BlueMonday #MondayMotivation

Tsingtao “青島” beer 🍺😋
“青島” mean Green Island is Chinese.
But in Japanese, “青島” would mean Blue Island 🤔 Interestingly, we often say “blue” for lush green plants, and the green traffic light is also “blue” 😉although we know the traffic light is actually “green”😏

#Beer #green #Blue #Chinese #Japanese #ChineseCharacter

I tried to download some hanzi fonts and use them in #Inkskape, but some of them don't work... #fonts #chinese #chinesewriting #chinesecharacter #opensourcecad #vectorgraphics #design

2024-04-28 - Atc - 思/SHI

Une autre paire de cartes basées sur un kanji, ici 思 (Pensée) !
Je les avais en WIP depuis longtemps déjà découpée mais j'me suis motivé à les finir que récemment.

~2h15, Marqueurs Alcool & Collage, B8

#traditionalart #atc #alcoholmarkers #collage #kanji #chinesecharacter #turquoise

Another older rabbit print, I made this linocut as part of my Chinese zodiac series. I wanted the rabbit to appear bathed in moonlight to allude to the myth of the moon rabbit, companion of Chang’e the moon goddess, continually pounding the elixir of life with mortar and pestle.

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/32389621

#linocut #printmaking #rabbit #ChineseZodiac #ChineseCharacter #moonRabbit #mythology #MastoArt

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Colloquially, 棒 (bàng) means: terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/棒#Chinese

Example:

* 这里的音乐很棒!
* Zhèlǐ de yīnyuè hěn bàng!
* The music here is great!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGjf_AGfrcs

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棒 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Wiktionary
Did you know that by far the most commonly used #ChineseCharacter is 的? 的 usually is used to mean something like "of", indicating possession. It is similar to 's in English and to de in Spanish. 埃里克 = Erik, car = 车, Erik's car = 埃里克的车 #Chinese #langtwt
Today I think I finally came up with a way really remember how to write the #ChineseCharacter 立 [li4] which means to stand. It's also used as a component in some other characters such as 章 [zhang1] and 童 [tong2].
I can recognize it, but previously would often forget how to write it. The original character from thousands of years ago looks like a man standing. But the current current form of the character is harder for me to visualize. So I came up with a story: it's a man's head, ...