the day-by-day method ZES Writing Chinese with Ease The Characters stroke-by-stroke by Philippe Kantor adaptated for English-speakers by Clare Perkins Published in India under licence by GOYAL. ‘goyal@goyalsaab.com wwwsassimil.comZENG metnoa This special low-price edition is for sale in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar and Maldives only. Bound books, lavishly illustrated, containing lessons and exercises recorded on cassettes and CDs www.assimil.com “With Base” series ‘Arabic with Ease For travelling Duatch from the Word Go! French from the Word Ga! German from the Word Go! “Armenian with Ease (Chinese with Ease vol. 1 ‘Chinese with Ease vol. 2 ‘Writing Chinese with Ease Dutch with Ease German with Ease Hungarian with Ease alan wit Ease Japanese with Ease vol. 1 “Japanese with Ease vo. 2 ‘Writing Japanese with Ease ‘New French with Ease ‘Spanish with Ease Advanced language skills Using French Using Spanish “Business” Business French For children Sing your way to French! ISBN 81-8307-104-X © ASSIMIL 2005 For the original edition © 2006 GOYAL Publishers & Distributors. Pvt. Ltd, for the Indian edition all right reserved www-goyalsaab.com, Printed in India by Gopsons Papers Ltd., Noida CONTENTS Presentation..... _ vii Chinese writing. ix Models. XXVii Characters stroke by stroke. 1a 182 Alphabetical index of characters 184 Table of Radicals. Bibliography... 218 232Example of inwén calligraphy by Yolaine Escande, ‘The aim of this book is to initiate the beginner in the art of wri- ting Chinese, using the 800 most common characters of modern Chinese. Their introduction follows the progression of the 105 lessons of Chinese with Ease but it is also possible to use this book indepen- dently. In order to satisfy the needs of the greatest number of stu dents, the explanations can also be fallowed by those who do not necessarily wish to lear to speak Chinese. ‘We hope that the explanations in the introduction, the list ofradicals, and the appendices will provide you with the material for acquiring, 8 sound basic knowledge of Chinese writing, of the best aesthetic quality! Enjoy your study! At the end ofthe volume, the bilingual Index of characters will refer you to the lesson where each character is introduced, This charac- ter index supplements the word index at the end of Volumes One and Two of Chinese with Ease. Taken together, they form a basic Chinese-English dictionary.