Italics (East Asia)
| Italics | ||
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| Font | logographic | |
| languages | Old Chinese , Middle Chinese, Standard Chinese | |
| Usage time | Han dynasty to date | |
| Used in | China , Japan , Korea , Vietnam | |
| ancestry | Oracle Bone Script → Seal Script → Office Script → Grass Script → Italic Script |
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| Derived |
Regular script Zhuyin abbreviation chữ nôm Khitan scripts Jurchen -Schrift Tangut script |
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| Unicode block | 4E00-9FFF, 3400-4DBF, 20000-2A6DF, 2A700-2B734, 2F00-2FDF, F900-FAFF | |
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Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi
The italics ( Chinese 行書 / 行书 , Pinyin Xingshu , Jyutping hang 4 syu 1 , Jap. 行書 Gyosho , Korean : 행서 haengseo , Vietnamese : hành thư 行書 ), also semi italics , is one of the five main categories of Chinese calligraphy . It is derived from the chancellery script.
A good example are the works of Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thư pháp Trung Hoa ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Commons : Italics - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Main categories of Chinese calligraphy
Seal script ( 篆書 , Zhuànshū ) | Italic (semi-italic, 行書 , Xíngshū ) | Grass script (concept script , 草書 , Cǎoshū ) | Clerical script (Official letters) 隸書 , Lishu ) | Rule script (block letters , 楷書 , Kǎishū )
