
Chinese Characters
James Trapp(Author)
Amber Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. February 2019
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-78274-766-6 (ISBN)
Description
The elegant pen-strokes and visual harmony of Chinese writing, known as hanzi, have long been admired in the west. Classical Chinese calligraphy is a popular and valuable art form, and with the increasing economic and cultural power of China, its writing is becoming more widely appreciated and understood. In particular, the deep layers of history and symbolism which exist behind even the most everyday character have a strong appeal to those seeking understanding from an alternative philosophy. Chinese Characters: The Art of Hanzi features the most interesting of the three to four thousand characters are needed to write modern Chinese. Characters expressing concepts such as love, peace, respect and happiness are reproduced in a large format, enabling the reader to trace, scan or photocopy them for transfer to any other medium. Alongside the character is an accessible and inspiring explanation of how the character developed, what the particular strokes symbolize, and its various different meanings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Amber Books Ltd
Target group
Second language teaching
Interest Age: From 16 to 99 years
Product notice
Imitation cloth
Illustrations
Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 265 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
806 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78274-766-6 (9781782747666)
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Person
James Trapp is the author of Chinese Characters: The Art and Meaning of Hanzi, Chinese Proverbs and also has translated a bestselling new multilingual edition of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. A Chinese language graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he teaches Mandarin and was previously an Education Officer on the China Collection at the British Museum.
Content
? love
? peace
? peace
? harmony
? heart
? belief
? new
? flourish, prosper
?? happy
? sex
? lucky
? honest,
? respect
? eternal
?? forever
? home
? father
? mother
? friend
?? friendship
? fire
? water
? earth
? wood
? metal/gold
? jade
? rain
? wind
? fortune
? long life
? male
? female
? dragon
? phoenix
? benevolence
? righteousness
? Zen
? moon
? sun
? Yin
? Yang
? bright
? light, radiance, glory
? Tao
? great
? supreme
? laugh, smile
? filial piety, dutifulness
? power, strength
? rites, correct behaviour
? extreme. utmost
? auspicious
? happy; music
?? music
? change
? flower
? middle; China
? tea
? sword
? glorious, prosperous
? clear, pure
? correct, upright
? change, become
? star
? strong
?? emperor
? cool
? clever, skilled
? money
? to know
? knowledge
?? Go!
? abundant
? dance
? martial, warlike
? qi, energy
?? connection
? brave
? thunder
? hot
? cold
? ice
? soldier
? stone
? lose
? wine, alcohol
? peace
? peace
? harmony
? heart
? belief
? new
? flourish, prosper
?? happy
? sex
? lucky
? honest,
? respect
? eternal
?? forever
? home
? father
? mother
? friend
?? friendship
? fire
? water
? earth
? wood
? metal/gold
? jade
? rain
? wind
? fortune
? long life
? male
? female
? dragon
? phoenix
? benevolence
? righteousness
? Zen
? moon
? sun
? Yin
? Yang
? bright
? light, radiance, glory
? Tao
? great
? supreme
? laugh, smile
? filial piety, dutifulness
? power, strength
? rites, correct behaviour
? extreme. utmost
? auspicious
? happy; music
?? music
? change
? flower
? middle; China
? tea
? sword
? glorious, prosperous
? clear, pure
? correct, upright
? change, become
? star
? strong
?? emperor
? cool
? clever, skilled
? money
? to know
? knowledge
?? Go!
? abundant
? dance
? martial, warlike
? qi, energy
?? connection
? brave
? thunder
? hot
? cold
? ice
? soldier
? stone
? lose
? wine, alcohol