Tibetan Calligraphy Copybook

in the Uchen, Tsuring and Chuyig Styles

(black and white)
 Design & concept:
Dr. Xiaoqin Su & Tsering Puntsok Duechung
www.rudi-publishing.de
© RUDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2016. All rights reserved.
 Foreword

This is a copybook for adults who wish to learn how to write the
Tibetan script in the Uchen, Tsuring or Chuyig style.
UCHEN is a printed script used throughout Tibet. As a handwritten
script it is mostly prevalent in Amdo and Kham, the regions in
north-eastern and eastern Tibet. Central Tibet (Ü-Tsang), on the
other hand, prefers Umê handwriting styles, which include TSURING
and CHUYIG. People first learn to write in the Tsuring style, for
example, before progressing to the Chuyig shorthand style once
they have sufficient writing experience. Chuyig is suitable for writ-
ing quickly.

This copybook contains the 30 letters that make up the Tibetan

alphabet, four vowel signs, two punctuation marks (the dot and the
simple bar) as well as all 89 compound characters (ligatures) of the
Tibetan script. They are reproduced in the Uchen, Tsuring and
Chuyig styles.
An entire page is dedicated to each of the 30 letters and the four
vowel signs. The punctuation marks and the ligatures are each
given half a page. At the beginning of the page is an illustration that
shows the order in which the individual strokes of the letter have to
be written. The letter is initially printed in a background colour so
that it can be traced. The blank lines are designed for independent
practice.

At the end of the book the characters in the three different writ-
ing styles are each summarised. There are also four blank copy
templates here for further writing exercises.
 Contents

Section 1: The 30 letters and four vowel signs

ķĸĹĻ ļĽľĿ 3-10
ŅņŇʼn ŊŋŌŎ 11-18
ŏŐőœ ŔŕŖŗ 19-26
ŘřŚŜ ŝŞ 27-32
ŞŢ ʊ ŞŪ ŞŬ 33-36

Section 2: Two punctuation marks and the 89 ligatures

ā (dot) ă (simple bar) 39
ǤǷǼȾɉɎɟ˜ 40-43
ǦǹǾȤ˧Ȯȼɋɐɡ˳ʁʆ 44-50
ǨȀɒɷɼʃ 50-53
ʟʠʡʣʦʫʭʳʴʷʸʻʼʽʿˀ 53-61
ǪȂȏȚȟȦȰȷɔɣɬɲ 61-67
ǮȆȑȖȜȨȲɀɖʈ 67-72
ǰȈȓȡȪȴȹɂɘɥɮ 72-77
ǬȄʍ 78-79
DzȊɄɚɧ 79-81
ǴȌɆɜɩ 82-84

Section 3: A summary of all characters, plus copy templates

87-94
 Section 1:

The 30 letters of the Tibetan alphabet

and the four vowel signs
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2

ķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķ
3 4

ķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķ

ķ ķ ķ ķ ķ ķ ķ ķ ķ ā ķ ā ķ ā ķ ā ķ ā ķā ķ ā ķ ā ķ ā ķ ā ķā
2
3 4

ķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķķ

3
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2 3 4

ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸ ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā ĸā
2
3 4

ĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸĸ
1

4
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ĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹ
2 3
4

ĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹ

Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺ Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā Ĺā
2
3 4

1
2

ĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹ

5
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2

ĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻ
ĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻĻ

Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ ā Ļ ā Ļā Ļā Ļ ā Ļ ā Ļ ā Ļā Ļā Ļā Ļ ā
1

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