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Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 11 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“好人不长命”是句或真或假的老话。
"The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.
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“爸爸，这是真的剑吗？”“当然，毕竟这是一场对决。”
"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."
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一个真正的德国人无法忍受法国人，但他很愿意喝他们的酒。
A true German can't stand the French, yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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一个真正的绅士不会出卖他的朋友。
A true gentleman never betrays his friends.
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上海夏天的最高温度要到三十八九度，真快热死了！
Shanghai summers can reach temperatures of up to 38-9 degrees. That is extremely hot!
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不願意聆聽的人，才是真正的聾子。
There's no one more deaf than he who does not want to listen.
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世界真美好。
The world is beautiful.
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中国政府控制了网络，以免让人民知道六四事件的真相。
The Chinese government controlled the internet to prevent the people from knowing the truth of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.