Body Shape of Chinese Characters
Shapes are universal symbols across cultures,
hence a common language for everyone.
When we say that something is of a commonly recognisable shape, it lights up the same parts of our brains!
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Do Chinese characters have shape?
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How does knowing the shape of characters help us to remember characters?
Shape brings attention to the relative lengths of strokes in a character, how the strokes are positioned, the angle the stroke is tilted, etc.
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