Abstract: This study is the first to propose one conception of stroke type in order to describe morphologically in visual wholistical configurational features.Naming paradigm was adopted.The experimental results showed whether characters were located at upright or at seven disorientations with angular deviations from the upright by 45°step,there were effects of stroke type.This study analysed roles of both oblique effect of line orientation and the factor of the stroke type in the effects of the stroke type.

Key words: Chinese characters, stroke type, identification, perception of line orientation