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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [6] Pair of butterflies. Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love. [6] Love, especially young love; undying bond between lovers.

  3. Chinese character classification - Wikipedia

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    A straightforward structural classification scheme may consist of three pure classes of semantographs, phonographs and signs —having only semantic, phonetic, and form components respectively, as well as classes corresponding to each combination of component types. [11] Of the 3500 characters that are frequently used in Standard Chinese, pure ...

  4. Chinese calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. [1] Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ...

  5. Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    Chinese characters [a] are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.Chinese characters have a documented history spanning over three millennia, representing one of the four independent inventions of writing accepted by scholars; of these, they comprise the only writing system continuously used since its invention.

  6. Chinese character structures - Wikipedia

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    Chinese character structures (simplified Chinese: 汉字结构; traditional Chinese: 漢字結構; pinyin: hànzì jiégòu) are the patterns or rules in which the characters are formed by their writing units. [1] There are two aspects of Chinese character structures: The external structures are on the writing strokes, components and whole ...

  7. Chinese painting - Wikipedia

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    Chinese painting and calligraphy distinguish themselves from other cultures' arts by emphasis on motion and change with dynamic life. [4] The practice is traditionally first learned by rote, in which the master shows the "right way" to draw items. The apprentice must copy these items strictly and continuously until the movements become instinctive.

  8. Chinese art - Wikipedia

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    e. Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is based on or draws on Chinese culture, heritage, and history. Early " Stone Age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of ...

  9. Written Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary. Rather, the writing system is morphosyllabic: characters are one spoken syllable in length, but generally ...