Chinese Stroke Guide 5: Left-falling Dot and Left-falling Turn

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Today, we’re going to learn two common strokes that evolved from the Left-Falling Stroke, 撇 (piě).
First, let’s review how to write the Left-Falling Stroke.
The Left-Falling Stroke can evolve into two new strokes:
Left-Falling Dot, 撇点 (piě diǎn)
and
Left-Falling Turn, 撇折 (piě zhé).
They both begin like the Left-Falling Stroke, but they finish in very different ways.
Let’s see how they work!
