Eight Principles of Yong - Table of Naming Usages

Table of Naming Usages

List of Yǒngzì principles (by stroke order)
Stroke Name
CJK stroke name Lǐ's name Additional description
1 , (側/侧) "Sideway" Diǎn, (點/点) "Dot" Guài Shí, (怪石) "Strange stone" Tiny dash, speck.
2 , (勒) "Bridle" Héng, (橫) "Horizontal" Yù Àn, (玉案) "Jade table" Rightward stroke.
3 , (弩), "Crossbow";

, (努) "Strive"
Shù, (竪 "Erect";

Tiěchǔ, (鐵杵/铁杵) "Iron staff"
Tiězhù, (鐵柱/铁柱) "Iron pillar" Downward stroke.
4 , (趯) "Jump" Gōu, (鉤) "Hook" Xièzhuǎ, (蟹爪) "Pincer of a crab" Appended to other strokes, suddenly going down or going left only.
5 , (策) "Horsewhip" , (提) "Raise";

Tiāo, (挑) "Lifting off"
Hǔyá, (虎牙) "Tiger's tooth" Flick up and rightwards.
6 Lüè, (掠) "Passing lightly" Wān, (彎/弯) "Bend, curve" Xījiǎo, (犀角) "Horn of rhinoceros" A tapering thinning curve, usually concave left (convex outward right) and with fast speed as if skimming.
7 Zhuó, (啄) "Pecking" Piě, (撇) "Throw away, slant";

Duǎn Piě (短撇) "Short slant"
Niǎo Zhuó, (鳥啄)/(鸟啄) "Bird pecking" Falling leftwards (with slight curve).
8 Zhé, (磔) "Dismemberment" , (捺) "Pressing forcefully";

, (波) "Wave"
Jīndāo, (金刀) "Golden dao (knife)" Falling rightwards (fattening at the bottom), where the end point is "as sharp as a knife" (hence the name "Dismemberment").

Note: - Xié 斜 is sometimes added to the 永's strokes. It is a concave Shù falling right, always ended by a Gōu, visible on this image.

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