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- 56. In writing the contracted form of the 85th radical, the lowest dot should be drawn up in a point towards the highest.
- 57. The 25th radical in these characters must be upright, and placed immediately under what is above.
- 58. The 32d radical in these must be erect, and the perpendicular stroke in a line with the perpendicular stroke below.
- 59. Where characters consist of a great number of small uneven parts, care must be taken lest they become confused.
- 60. Where the strokes are thickly placed, more care is required in writing them.
- 61. The descending stroke must be thick at top, and diminish towards the bottom.
- 62. The descending stroke should be of nearly equal thickness throughout.
- 68. Though the lines of these be inclined, "the heart of each character must be centrical."
- 64. The lines should all be straight and strong.
- 65. The body of these characters should be of a long shape, and the strokes rather slender.
- 66. These should be of a dwarfish shape, and the strokes rather thick, partly because there are few of them.
- 67. The oblique strokes which cover in what is below must balance each other.
- 68. The foregoing rule also applies when they are in the middle of the character.
- 69. Though the lines in these should be thick, let them not be clumsy.
- 70. Though in these the strokes should be rather long, let them not be meagre.
- 71. Where there are but few of them, the lines should be thick.
- 72. Where there are many strokes, let them be small, and equally blended.
- 78. Where the same character is thrice repeated in a compound, each must be nearly of a size with the rest.
- 74. Where the strokes, from their number and form, are involved, care must be taken lest they become confused.
- 75. The horizontal line below must meet, and be carried a little beyond, the descending stroke to the right.
- 76. Let the hook below be strongly indicated.
