Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	書法
Simplified Chinese	书法
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shūfǎ Wu Romanization sy平 fah入 Hakka Romanization su24 fab2 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping syu1 faat3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ su-hoat
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Thư pháp
Chữ Hán	書法
Korean name
Hanja	書藝
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Seoye McCune–Reischauer Sŏye
Japanese name
Kanji	書道
Hiragana	しょどう (modern) しよだう (historical)
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Shodō

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Chinese calligraphy is calligraphy that is done in China. Chinese calligraphy is compared to painting, poetry, and music.^[1]

In China, calligraphy is called shūfǎ (書法/书法). It means "way/method/law of writing". It is called shodō (書道) in Japan. It means "way of writing" in Japanese. It is called seoye (서예; 書藝) in Korea. It means "skill of writing" in Korean.^[2]

1. ↑ Li, You-Sheng. A New Interpretation of Chinese Taoist Philosophy: An Anthropological/Psychological View.
2. ↑ Wang Li; et al. (2000). 王力古漢語字典. Beijing: 中華書局. p. 1118. ISBN 7101012191.