how to write chinese characters: tips | what pens i use 📑

大家好！
今天我说明你们怎么联系写汉字。拿支笔和你的书来学习一下！
Dàjiā hǎo. Jīntiān wǒ shuōmíng nǐmen zěnme liánxì xiě hànzì. Ná zhībǐ hé nǐ de shū lái xuéxí yíxià!
Hello everybody! Today I'll explain how you practice Chinese characters. Get a pen and your book and we will study!
what would you like to see next? are there any wishes? write it down in the comments below ^^
don't hesitate to ask any questions and follow my instagram for more!
ig: @qiaokelimlk
───── ❝ stationary ❞ ─────
o 原品记 TG31880 0.35mm: www.aliexpress...
o Muji Erasable Needle Point Pen 0.40mm
o Pentel KN103 Hybrid 0.30mm
o Pentel Touch Brush Pen
o Zebra Brush Pen Extra Fine Tip
o Kokuya Campus B5 clear binder + B5 squared sheets
o Hanzi Grid: Jianwu (Aliexpress): www.aliexpress...
o Selfmade Grid: Muji B5 Squared Notebook

[@cqndymlk]

I’ve been writing Chinese for so many years now but my handwriting is just getting messier and messier 😅 SERIOUSLY YOUR HANDWRITING IS PERFECT ✨ IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S PRINTED

[@qiaokelimlk]

ajbfajsbbc thank you thank you!!! I still have to work a lot on it, but I appreciate your compliments a lot! 🥺🤍🤧

[@mariaurabe4261]

As a chinese student i have to say that your hanzi handwriting it’s so beautiful 😍 你汉字写得太美 ✨

[@qiaokelimlk]

不是不是，还很差… 可是谢谢你 🥺🤍

[@mariaurabe4261]

@@qiaokelimlk 不客气! 你做的视频很厉害，我很喜欢看 💕

[@qiaokelimlk]

@@mariaurabe4261 谢谢你的支持！ 我真高兴你喜欢我的视频！🤍

[@shouldbestudyingtbh9281]

Your handwriting looks so natural, it definitely motivates me to keep training! Personally, I find traditional characters so fun to learn, but I keep wondering if it's worth it, since most people use the simplified ones nowadays. I keep having questions in my comments, I hope it doesn't bother you. Do you learn from poetry? It seems to me that people tend to learn various poems, and I'm curious about it, but it obviously is more useful for more advanced learning. That being said, I know that children also learn a few so I was wondering if I should research those. Either way, great video!

[@qiaokelimlk]

thank you so much! I mean, you can learn both hahah but that's very time consuming I know.. however what we do at university is: learn simplified ones by heart (reading and writing) however the traditional characters we only need to know "passively" which means reading :) and no pls just ask away everything you want to know! I'd be happy if I could answer some of your questions! regarding poetry.. we looked at one short poem until now, but my professors want us to focus more on daily language and conversation rather than written poetry... but I know it will be more of a topic in the next years ahead :) so if you only started learning mandarin, I'd listen to music or children songs or watch chinese videos/movies/dramas etc rather than read poetry 😅 but of course, if you're a passionate poetry fan.. go for it! 🤍

[@dark1Ordeen]

Wow. I’m so impressed by your writing 🤩 it really is so beautiful and neat, but the way it looks in the end 🤩 I’m seriously in love. I’ll work harder to make mine look like that too 🥰 thank you so much for being an inspiration ❤️

[@qiaokelimlk]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'll also work harder and create better content from now on!

[@CyntiaNovriana]

I'm so gland that I found your channel oh my you're so aesthetic 🥺 new subbie here aaa i love your video and all the thumbnails 😫💗

[@qiaokelimlk]

omg says you I just watched some of your videos and debfvjbhwefvh I love lovE your aesthetics and the minimalism and the colours omfg THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🤍🤍🤍

[@qiaokelimlk]

omg says you I just watched some of your videos and debfvjbhwefvh I love lovE your aesthetics and the minimalism and the colours omfg THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🤍🤍🤍

[@nancycassales7563]

I just stared learning Chinese 😌 perfect timing

[@qiaokelimlk]

it's like i knew you needed a video XD

[@sniper_fox47]

Are u learning Korean too?? , cuz ur an Army lol🤣🤣, btw I'm also learning chinese and also Korean 😊😊😊

[@Diazhar]

I think I found my favourite channel this was so satisfying to watch I love your channel so much!

[@qiaokelimlk]

Aww thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy it! 🥺🤍

[@KateFeng]

i haven’t handwritten chinese in SO LONG AJDHSJDJFN how is yours so pretty omg

[@qiaokelimlk]

oof thank you so so much ahaha 🤧🤍 maybe you could try journaling? I also wanted to try it out and use the time to practice writing, but haven't found the time yet haha 🤣

[@redpanda6125]

Thank you very much! Your video is very instructive: detailed, well-explained, with the stationary references. I love it!

[@microcolonel]

There is that video on the internet where a guy writes absolutely perfect 楷書 with a ballpoint pen and it still blows my mind. I have no idea how I would even make those shapes with a ballpoint pen in a single pass.

[@qiaokelimlk]

omg you need to tell me what his @ is!

[@hubyty]

Tbh when i started learning chinese way back college the only time i practice wrtiting is while on class. But now that i am also learning japanese i started to practice writing as well. Thank you for your video. It made me inspired to continue practicing writing ☺

[@qiaokelimlk]

I'm glad I could inspire somebody! keep your studies up, I'm rooting for you! 😌🤍

[@tianafoot]

Omg id love to learn!

[@qiaokelimlk]

go for it!! :D

[@AlannieM]

0:21 could you provide the name of this book you’re using here?

[@qiaokelimlk]

It's my university's book, and some stuff is explained mostly in German, however you can still use it for practicing the strokes :) These are the details: Zhōngguózì·Shūxiě (Han-De Ban) Lehrwerk für Chinesisch als Fremdsprache Brigitte Kölla Beijing: The Commercial Press, Mai 2009 ISBN: 978-7-100-06019-6

[@AlannieM]

@@qiaokelimlk thank you!

[@sniper_fox47]

你好，Thank u so much for the tips , it was so helpful, 我爱你💜💜💜💜🥺🥺, I'm learning Korean and Chinese 😊😊

[@qiaokelimlk]

谢谢你! i'm happy if I can help! :) 🤍

[@sniper_fox47]

@@qiaokelimlk and I'm happy that I found ur channel🥺🥺🥺😭💜😭

[@qiaokelimlk]

oof my heart.. 🤧🤍 and I'm so thankful for your support! :)

[@sniper_fox47]

@@qiaokelimlk awww thx sweet heart💞💞💞💞

[@TaelurAlexis]

The timing of this video is insane lol when I write Chinese it’s a struggle

[@qiaokelimlk]

don't worry too much about it! it takes time, so take it slow and do everything step by step :)

[@shuhewa]

不错呀，“我”字和我写的一样，不知道你有没有一个感觉，一个字写很多遍或看时间长了，我都不认识这个字了，哈哈哈

[@qiaokelimlk]

我也有这个感觉，哈哈哈。有时候我写了千百遍，但是看书的时候我不认知这个字，就要查词典。(｡T ω T｡)

[@LocroConChaufa]

I'd like to know how did you make the grids in the minute 1:09, it looks so amazing and I'd like to have it for myself.

[@qiaokelimlk]

I used a squared notebook and basically just counted 4x4 square for the big character and just lined it red :)

[@_lilinana.languages]

Your uni book is so much cooler ... in my book we don’t habe this practice grip ... at first we learnt like the basic stroke rules but than we need to figure it out ourselves and our vocabulary list is written so small that sometimes you can’t see how many strokes the characters has ... also this is at Frist very confusing because at my uni we learn traditional characters and not the simplified ones 🥺🥺

[@qiaokelimlk]

ohh that sounds really tough 🥺 do you use any extra books for characters? if not I can recommend you a writing book which is actually in simplified characters... However, I was able to find the same edition just for traditional characters!! 😌 --> amzn.to/3eIk7jN it has so many details (stroke order, pronunciation, meaning, stroke number, hsk level number & more!) and it's actually very affordable! the only thing is that's in English, I'm not sure if there is a German version 😕

[@_lilinana.languages]

@@qiaokelimlk ouh thanks :) I kinda trying right now also to learn more the simplified characters:)

[@qiaokelimlk]

@@_lilinana.languages in that case you should go for the original: amzn.to/3w2gScL :) it's really a great book! 🤍

[@_lilinana.languages]

@@qiaokelimlk thanks

[@paaads_]

how did you make those grids?? 😭 i’ve been trying all the generators, but either they don’t have the faded hanzi option or it’s just a gradual fading across the row….

[@qiaokelimlk]

I mainly use our university's textbook and then I make my own grids in a separate notebook. As for the textbook I can definitely recommend you this one: McNaughton, William, and Jiageng Fan. Reading and Writing Chinese: A Comprehensive Guide to the Chinese Writing System. 4th ed., Tuttle, 2014. Hope this helps :)

[@mexicanoavatar3656]

for the notebook you made your own grid on, how did you get the paper with the characters on the front of the notebook too look worn down like that? 1:09

[@qiaokelimlk]

I basically write the title on a separate sheet of paper and just ripped it out hahaha XD That's all, nothing too complicated ;)

[@josephinem6432]

What book do you use to study those characters

[@qiaokelimlk]

"Reading and Writing Chinese" by William McNaughton! This is a book I can recommend to beginners as well as a bit more proficient mandarin learners :D Here is the ISBN: 978-0804842990. Hope this helps

[@annamelbarde68]

1:09 could you provide the name of this book you're using here?

[@qiaokelimlk]

Brigitte Kölla， «Zhongguozi - Shuxie» （中国字 - 书写） ，Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2009 It's a German-Chinese Version, so I'm not sure whether there is an English version. However, what I can recommend you is this book, which is an English edition: McNaughton, W., & Fan, J. Reading and writing Chinese: A comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system. Tuttle (2013).

[@annamelbarde68]

@@qiaokelimlk Thanks

[@cmmndrblu]

oh you're german Speaker!

[@qiaokelimlk]

Yes hahaha, I'm based in Switzerland ;)

[@Blackscreenonly1124]

My Chinese handwriting is trash so ty

[@qiaokelimlk]

Haha, hope this helps!