As you might have learned, Chinese characters are symbols that mostly denote their significances. Characters that belong to the same meaning group are said to have the same bushou, sometimes translated as a radical. A bushou is actually the part of the character that indicates the meaning group to which the character belong.

Stroke Types
Strokes are traditionally classified into eight basic forms, each appearing in the character "eternally" and listed below according to their contemporary names. Though somewhat arbitrary, this system has remained popular for nearly two millenia.

1. "Dian" - A simple dot.

If you’ve studied Chinese characters, you know that each number has its own Chinese character. As a joke, many Chinese-illiterate foreigners boast that they know three Chinese characters: 一 二 三 (1, 2, 3). After 3, though, the characters start getting a little harder to remember. Or do they?

Given the current popularity of Chinese tattoos you might be surprised to learn that for a long time tattooing in China was regarded as a 'bad' thing.

Dragon is a mystical animal in China and has significant influence on Chinese culture in China.
Below are some different calligraphic symbols of dragon in traditional Chinese, which were written by the greatest Chinese calligraphists in Chinese history, like Wang Xizhi, for example. You may use this to do a Chinese dragon tattoo just enjoy the beauty of these Chinese characters.

Different from Western characters, Chinese characters are square and indicate either pronunciation or meaning or both. Chinese characters provide a convenient tool for imagery thinking, and thus most Chinese people are good at imagery thinking.

While English learning has been the rage in China for decades, Chinese as a foreign language is just starting to catch on on the other side of the Pacific Ocean .

Chinese characters usually have one or more meanings and some of them are particularly loved by Chinese people. Here is the top ten list of the lucky ones. Please note Pinyin is also used here, which is the Chinese spelling system for the characters. For example, fu is the pinyin for good luck in Chinese.

Areas using only Chinese characters in green; in conjunction with other scripts, dark green; maximum extent of historic usage, light green. (does not include other territories annexed by Japan in WW2)