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Stroke Order for Chinese Characters

Chinese characters are written with specific stroke orders to minimize hand movement and make the characters more beautiful.

Write Chinese Characters Using Pinyin and Microsoft's New Phonetic Input Method

Pinyin can be used to write Chinese characters using Microsoft's New Phonetic Input Method

Display Chinese Characters on Windows XP

Mandarin uses Chinese characters, and if your computer cannot display Chinese characters, support for this feature must be installed.

Setting Up Windows XP for Mandarin Input

Before you can write Chinese characters on your computer you must set it up. These instructions will allow you to use Chinese as an input language on Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.