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Chinese Calligraphy - Learn Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese Calligraphy - resources on Chinese writing styles, Chinese characters, and Chinese calligraphy materials - brushes, paper and ink.

Zhongwen.com Chinese Dictionary and Cultural Reference

Here you will easily find the Chinese character for English words, as well as online texts of Chinese classics including the Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, and a wealth of information about Chinese culture and language.

Popular Greetings in Chinese

Find the text in Chinese for popular greetings, birthday wishes, holidays, New Year, love and friendship, with clear graphics you can easily copy to create your own Chinese greeting card.

Hanzi Smatter - Misuse of Chinese Characters

Before you send off that Chinese calligraphy to your boss, copy the text from a Manga comic and certainly before you calligraphy a tattoo for yourself, check out this site, dedicated to the use and abuse of Chinese characters. Some of the Chinese isn't translated, but the comments are worth a read. Take heed: use a language that you don't understand with extreme caution.

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