字帖

zìtiè

noun

Measure Word

一本字帖 běn

Meanings

1 copybook (of model calligraphy)

Characters

character; handwriting

model calligraphy

Examples

HSK 3

我每天晚上照着字帖练字。

Wǒ měitiān wǎnshang zhào zhe zìtiè liànzì.

Every evening I practise my handwriting from a copybook.

HSK 7-9

初学书法的人最好先临一本楷书字帖。

Chūxué shūfǎ de rén zuìhǎo xiān lín yì běn kǎishū zìtiè.

Beginners in calligraphy had best start by copying a regular-script copybook.

Tips

mistakes

帖 has three readings. tiè: model calligraphy, as in 字帖, 碑帖 and 临帖. tiě: a note or card, as in 请帖 (invitation) and 帖子 (an online post). tiē: docile, as in 服帖.

Stroke Order

字 zì

帖 tiě