{"id":8537,"date":"2016-08-24T16:50:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=8537"},"modified":"2022-01-04T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:21:11","slug":"learning-read-handwritten-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/learning-read-handwritten-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to read handwritten Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8547 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-feature-300x224.png\" alt=\"font-feature\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-feature-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-feature-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-feature-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-feature.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>So you&#8217;ve studied Chinese for a while and feel that you&#8217;re getting the hang of it. You can read your textbook, graded readers and perhaps even some texts written for native speakers. It took a lot of time and effort, but you can read Chinese and it feels great!<\/p>\n<p>Then someone sends you a handwritten note in Chinese and suddenly you don&#8217;t feel so great any more. It could be a post card, a shopping list or some comments on your latest writing assignment. The point is that you can&#8217;t read it, even though you know that you would have been fine if the message had been printed. Welcome to handwritten Chinese!<\/p>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/hackingchinese\/embed\/episodes\/65---Learning-to-read-handwritten-Chinese-e19kmnd\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zODhlYjllOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\">Google Podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1536284827\/hacking-chinese-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a> and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Learning to read handwritten Chinese<\/h3>\n<p>Learning to read handwritten Chinese takes practice, even if you already know the characters. There are two main reasons for this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Most people&#8217;s handwriting is not anywhere near as neat as printed letters or standard computer fonts.<\/strong> Writing clearly takes practice and time; most people simply can&#8217;t be bothered. The result is either sloppy, cursive or both. This is faster to write, but harder to read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>People write characters differently,<\/strong> so even if you have learnt how one person writes, it&#8217;s not a given that you also understand what someone else writes. This should be the case in your native language, too. I sometimes can&#8217;t read what my mother writes because I&#8217;m not used to it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As is often the case, the key to this problem is simply practice. If you want to learn how to read handwritten Chinese, you need to practice doing just that.<\/p>\n<p>In general, it&#8217;s not uncommon for new teachers of any subject to find it hard to read what students write, but after reading student assignments for a while, they get used to it.<\/p>\n<h3>How to practise reading handwritten Chinese characters<\/h3>\n<p>So, how do you practise this, then? You&#8217;re unlikely to have stacks of papers full of handwritten Chinese lying around. If you for some reason can find that, it&#8217;s still very unlikely to be suitable reading material for you. I suggest the following: use computer fonts that mimic handwriting to practice your reading skill.<\/p>\n<p>This is not perfect since a computer font by definition displays exactly the same thing every time, but you can still practice reading texts that come pretty close to actual handwriting. By changing the font, you can vary style and difficulty. Moreover, you can use any reading material you want! Just paste it in your text editor and change font!<\/p>\n<p>Before I show you some fonts, I&#8217;d like to say a few words about stroke order. Reading handwritten Chinese is one of the less well-known uses for proper stroke order. If you don&#8217;t know the stroke order, it&#8217;s really hard to know which strokes or dots have been joined together and even when you try to break it down, a handwritten character will have only a vague resemblance to its printed version. With the right stroke order, it makes a lot more sense!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Handwriting fonts suitable for reading practice<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Below, I have listed five fonts you can use to practise, plus two reference fonts. They are ordered from easiest to hardest (my personal opinion) and represent only a small sample of all the fonts that are freely available online.<\/p>\n<p>Each font comes with a sample and a link to where you can download it (they are all free). Please don&#8217;t ask me about how to install fonts on your device, just search for [your device] + [install font] and you should find instructions for how to do this.<\/p>\n<p>These are fonts for simplified Chinese. If you want traditional, you can find plenty of them <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefontdesign.com\/tag\/traditional-chinese-font\">here<\/a>. You can also find more simplified fonts <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefontdesign.com\/tag\/simplified-chinese-font\">here<\/a>. For even more, just search online in English, or use \u624b\u5199\u5b57\u4f53 (\u624b\u5beb\u5b57\u9ad4).<\/p>\n<p>If you want a more general explanation of Chinese fonts and character variants from a learner perspective, check these articles:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-character-variants-and-fonts-for-language-learners\/\">Chinese character variants and fonts for language learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-verify-that-you-use-the-right-chinese-font\/\">How to verify that you use the right Chinese font<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The text used below comes from the beginning of the adventure text game for Chinese learners I wrote about recently:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Escape: A text adventure game for Chinese learners\">Escape: A text adventure game for Chinese learners<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ming_(typefaces)\">\u7ec6\u660e\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>(typical computer Ming font, for reference)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-ming.png\" alt=\"font-ming\" width=\"1478\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-ming.png 1478w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-ming-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-ming-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-ming-1024x218.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1478px) 100vw, 1478px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/fonts.mobanwang.com\/200908\/4901.html\">\u65b9\u6b63\u6977\u4f53\u7b80\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>(typical textbook Kaiti, for reference)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-kai.png\" alt=\"font-kai\" width=\"1447\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-kai.png 1447w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-kai-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-kai-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-kai-1024x211.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1447px) 100vw, 1447px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefontdesign.com\/font-housekeeper-scallion-chinese-font-traditional-chinese.html\">\u5b57\u4f53\u7ba1\u5bb6\u9752\u8471<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-qingcong.png\" alt=\"font-qingcong\" width=\"1469\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-qingcong.png 1469w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-qingcong-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-qingcong-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-qingcong-1024x228.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1469px) 100vw, 1469px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/font.chinaz.com\/151013447940.htm\">\u90ed\u656c\u660e\u4f53\u5b57\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-guojing.png\" alt=\"font-guojing\" width=\"1451\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-guojing.png 1451w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-guojing-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-guojing-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-guojing-1024x241.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1451px) 100vw, 1451px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/font.chinaz.com\/160226021510.htm\">\u9759\u857e\u4f53\u52a0\u7c97\u5b57\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-jinglei.png\" alt=\"font-jinglei\" width=\"1458\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-jinglei.png 1458w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-jinglei-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-jinglei-768x189.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-jinglei-1024x251.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1458px) 100vw, 1458px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefontdesign.com\/swim-the-wolf-cursive-script-font-traditional-chinese.html\">\u6e38\u72fc\u8fd1\u8349\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-youlang.png\" alt=\"font-youlang\" width=\"1456\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-youlang.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-youlang-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-youlang-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-youlang-1024x211.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefontdesign.com\/standard-handwritten-letters-font-simplified-chinese.html\">\u9ed8\u964c\u4fe1\u7b3a\u624b\u5199\u4f53<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-momo.png\" alt=\"font-momo\" width=\"1444\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-momo.png 1444w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-momo-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-momo-768x152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/font-momo-1024x202.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1444px) 100vw, 1444px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What about handwriting practice?<\/h3>\n<p>Even though this post is about reading handwritten Chinese, it feels only natural to at least mention using these fonts to practise your own handwriting. Should you?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps. If you&#8217;re a beginner, you should stick to regular script and not try anything fancy. If you&#8217;ve studied for a while, can write okay, but feel that you want to improve your penmanship, feel free to find a model and practise mimicking that. Of the above, I think number four is the most suitable for this.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article focusing on how to improve your handwriting rather than learn to read others:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zzgh6Ha4Qq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-improve-your-chinese-handwriting\/\">How to improve your Chinese handwriting<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How to improve your Chinese handwriting&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-improve-your-chinese-handwriting\/embed\/#?secret=xtqLUiYE1h#?secret=zzgh6Ha4Qq\" data-secret=\"zzgh6Ha4Qq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Learning to read handwritten Chinese takes practice, so don&#8217;t be discouraged if it feels like a new language the first time you encounter it. It&#8217;s not! The characters are the same, they&#8217;re just realised in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>This is perhaps similar to speaking Chinese: each person has his or her own way of pronouncing the words and each person&#8217;s voice is unique. Just as you can&#8217;t rely on the voice of one single person if you want an excellent listening ability, you can&#8217;t rely just on printed texts if you want to be able to read what people write by hand. Practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody struggles with writing Chinese characters by hand, even if handwriting can often be avoided in a modern, digital society. 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