Free teaching tool
Write it
A 田字格 grid to write a character in, with the model behind it.
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Using it
- The grid
- A 田字格 — the four quadrants Chinese children learn proportion against.
- Write in it
- Draw with a finger, a stylus or the mouse. The model sits in the same square at the same size.
- Guide
- Trace the character, see it faintly behind you, or write it from memory.
- Clear
- Wipes your attempt and keeps the model, so the next go starts clean.
The practice grid Chinese children learn in, on screen. Write with a finger, a stylus or a mouse; the target sits in the same square at the same size, so what you wrote and what it should look like are directly comparable. It does not mark you: nothing can honestly measure handwriting from a few strokes, so it shows the two and lets you judge.
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- Say itRecord a phrase and see the shape of your pitch against the model.
- MatchPair characters with their pinyin. Type your own list.
- Build a sentenceScrambled words, and slots to put them back in order.