A practice square divided into four by a cross, which helps place each character in the centre of its box.

Which basic strokes are on the stroke sheet?

Eight strokes, each labelled: horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling, dot, rising, turn and hook.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Red grid uses red guide lines with black ink. Green grid uses fine dashed green lines. Rice paper is a brush sheet on cream paper with faint grey guides.

Can I print it at home?

Yes. Each sheet is drawn as a full page, ready to print.

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Chinese calligraphy practice sheets: tianzige, stroke grid, copybook

Chinese calligraphy sheets — a 田字格 practice sheet of square boxes with dashed centre cross lines, the character "永" written in red brush in the first box of each row as the model and the rest of the row left empty, a traditional practice sheet with red tianzige and mizige guide lines and black brush characters

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Reading 1Yong practice

Reading 2Basic strokes

Reading 3Copybook page

Practice paper for learners of Chinese brush writing, with the grids that guide each character. One sheet is a tianzige with the character yong as the model. One is a mizige sheet of the basic strokes, each labelled and repeated in light grey to trace. One is a copybook page of first characters, solid at the left and fading across the row. You can also type a twist, such as blue ink, and the sheets are drawn to that request.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a tianzige?: A practice square divided into four by a cross, which helps place each character in the centre of its box.
Which basic strokes are on the stroke sheet?: Eight strokes, each labelled: horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling, dot, rising, turn and hook.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Red grid uses red guide lines with black ink. Green grid uses fine dashed green lines. Rice paper is a brush sheet on cream paper with faint grey guides.
Can I print it at home?: Yes. Each sheet is drawn as a full page, ready to print.

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