hàn yǔ bǐ huà 汉语笔画
diǎn
点
Dot stroke
héng
横
Horizontal stroke
竖
shù
竖
Verical stroke
撇
piě 撇
Left-down slanting
捺
nà
捺
Right-down slanting
tí
提
Right upward stroke
横折
Héngzhé 横折
Turn or a bend
竖折
shùzhé 竖折
héngzhétí
横 折提
Hénggōu
横钩
Horizontal hook
竖钩
shùgōu
竖钩
Vertical hook
Héngzhégōu
横折钩
shùzhézhégōu
竖 折折钩
竖弯
shùwān
竖弯
shùwāngōu
行书（running script）
Xingshu or “running script” appeared in the last years of the Eastern Han dynasty. It was a writing form in between Kaishu and Caoshu,in style.
楷书（standard script）
There was no Kaishu prior to the Western Han dynasty(206BC— 8),The evolution of Kaishu from the square styled Lishu began in the last years of the Eastern Han dynasty(25---220AD). This new writing style largely blossomed during the Wei dynasty(220--265AD)and the Jin dynasty(265--420AD),about 1800years ago.Today,Kaishu is still a commonly used writing style, a very long and enduring Chinese writing script indeed.
草书（cursive script）
Caoshu appeared at about the same ti
笔（brush）
墨（ink）
纸（paper）
砚（ink stone）
竖 弯钩
héngzhéwāngōu
横 折 弯钩
横撇
héngpiě
横撇
Piědiǎn
撇点
篆书（seal script）
篆书是汉字最古老的字体，具有明 显的象形特点。
Zhuanshu is the oldesst script of Chinese Han writing，and carried the most obvious features in pictorial characters. 770—200BC
隶书（clerical script）
Lishu was a commonly used script in the Han dynasty.It was appeared in the Xi Han dynasty approximately 2100 years ago. It used square and straight lines instead of circular and round strokes of the Zhuanshu scripts.