Just found that the video on how to write 犭 was wrong. Please check the link for 狗 (gou3) http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE7Zdic8BZdic97.htm
Sorry for being so critical. But the order of writing the characters is one of most important part of learning Chinese. As is a calligrapher myself I changed the order sometimes, however, it should be taught correctly in the beginning.
I see that you've attempted to ask a lot of good questions as well as make observations. (However, I didn't see anyone responding to most of your postings.) I think that you'll find that some of these "characters" are actually just radicals...so they may not exist as a unique character, but instead are meant to become character building blocks...which are what in fact radicals are.
Posted by tom12ga 3/17/12 (1 year ago)