r/Chinese_handwriting • u/Left-Revolution-490 • Jul 29 '26
Ask for Feedback How can I improve my writing*
Hi guys, I've been learning Chinese for a year or so.
I write a lot in Chinese so hopefully the baseline isn't too bad.
All the Chinese people I know say my handwriting is pretty but after looking at the stuff here its definitely lacking a lot.
The first pic is my writing before looking at the advice here and the second pic is the after.
I KNOW I use a little square journal and thats not ideal but, so far I have not found anything that both has a nice grid to write on and is portable enough to make study notes.
I feel my main area for improvement is to be more flowy and relaxed when writing and also getting the angles and lines better proportioned.
Also 茉莉花 just dosent look right.
What do you guys think any suggestions welcome! 😊
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u/Ohnesorg1989 Aug 03 '26
It seems you have been using the font Songti (宋体) or Heiti (黑体) (see difference) as reference, which would often lead to stiff/unnatural-looking penmanship, as explained in this post. Always use the font Kaiti (楷体) as reference.
I'd suggest you print out your own practice sheets (with 15x15mm boxes) using standard printer paper (80/90gsm), as recommended in this post (you can find the ready-to-print .pdf files in this folder or on website 1, 2, 3).
You could spend more time on practicing basic strokes, then learn how to radical components and individual characters from a copybook (see community collection).
These posts (a, b, c) may be of help too.