Tibetan Calligraphy Writing Aid

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There are several styles of dbu-can script which vary slightly - the design of the examples I've made for this page are based on a style from Amdo used for writing religious texts. For combined letters only a few illustrative examples are given.

The Thirty Consonants or "Tibetan Alphabet" Index

Tibetan Calligraphy

k a

How to write the Tibetan d b u - c a n script script Tibetan dbu-can [pron: "u-chen"] script is traditionally written using a hand-made bamboo or reed pen cut at an angle. A broad steel nibbed italic calligraphy pen may be used instead. Calligraphic pens designed for left-handed writers of Roman script are slanted at a suitable angle for a right-handed person to use when writing Tibetan dbu-chan script.

k h a

To produce the proper thickness of horizontal strokes, the width of the pen nib should be about 1/12 th the height of the letter ka.

g a

The pen is held between the thumb and index fingers so that, as you write, the pen may be rotated to obtain the proper thick and thin strokes. The other fingers are drawn up into a fist, though some people extend the little finger to form a surface for the hand to rest on and provide greater stability. Horizontal strokes are written from left to right and vertical strokes from top down.

n g a

The top strokes of Tibetan letters should align with each other. This stroke is always drawn first.

Tibetan Ca llig rap hy

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c a t h a

c h a d a

j a n a

n y a p a

t a p h a





b a w a

m a

t s a

tsha

d z a

z h a

z a

' a

y a





r a a

l a

The four Vowel signs: gi-gu

s h a

zhabs-kyu

s a

'greng-bu

h a





w a zu r

na-ro

mgo-can ra-mgo

Sub-scribed letters ( ' d o g s c a n ) : sub-scribed y a ( y a - b t a g s ) l a- m g o

sub-scribed r a ( r a b t a g s )

sa-mgo

sub-scribed l a ( l a b t a g s )



Tibetan letters for transliterating Sanskrit x

Related Pages: Bhutanese style dbu-can Tibetan Writing Course - by Palden Oshoe & Mark Turin, at Cornell University Language Resource Center Calligraphie Tibétain A Model of the Tibetan gzab Script - with Rules for Calligraphy - T. G. Dhonthog Rinpoche [in Tibetan] Elements of the Tibetan Writing System. | Index | Home |

Tibetan Calligraphy Writing Aid

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