308 Mi: Dyt vis's Eiigraphia Sinensis. 



All characters are composed of the six following kinds of strokes, or 

 lines,* viz. : — 



Hung Horizontal. 



Shoo Perpendicular. 



Pee Left oblique. 



Nd Right oblique. 



Kow Hooked, or bent. 



Teen A point, or dot. 



THE NINETY-TWO RULES FOR WRITING THE CHINESE CHARACTERS WITH 



CORRECTNESS.t 



1. The upper part should cover in what is below. 



2. The horizontal stroke below should be rather extended, as a founda- 

 tion for what is above. 



3. In these, the left-hand portion should be elevated, and the right 

 depressed. 



1<. In these, the left-hand portion should be small, the right full and 

 extended. 



5. In these, which are compared with something carried on a pole, the 

 horizontal stroke in the middle should be long. 



T). Let the perpendicular, in these, be drawn ^down perfectly straight 

 through the middle. 



7. The 20th of the 214 Chinese keys, or radicals, should not be much 

 deflected nor short, in these. 



8. Let the 20th radical in these be neither too upright nor too long. 



9. The horizontal line in these must be short, the oblique long. 



10. The horizontal lines must be long, the oblique short. 



11. The horizontal strokes short, the perpendicular long, and the oblique 

 at full length. 



12. The horizontal lines in the 75th radical, at the lower part of these 

 characters, must be long, the perpendicular short, and the two oblique 

 contracted into points. 



* See Plate IV, No. IV. 



f For the Chinese examples, see Plate IV. to XI, No. 1 to 92. 



