Chinese Calligraphy 書法 Shūfǎ 书法 韓寧 Nicholas Hamilton

Clerical Script 隶书 lìshū Tends to be square and wide Often has pronounced wave-like flaring of isolated major strokes During Han dynasty, it became the dominant script for general purposes

Regular Script 楷书 kǎishū Newest Chinese script style Characters with a width larger than 2 inches are considered larger regular script ( 大楷 Dàkǎi) Smaller than 0.8 inches are small regular script ( 小楷 Xiǎokǎi) In between are medium regular script ( 中楷 Zhōngkǎi)

Cursive Script 草书 cǎoshū Faster to write, but is more difficult to read to those unfamiliar with it Functions as a kind of shorthand Developed by: – Omitting part of a graph – Merging strokes – Replacing portions – Modifying stroke styles