arXiv · 2603.26768
Aesthetic Assessment of Chinese Handwritings Based on Vision Language Models
Abstract
The handwriting of Chinese characters is a fundamental aspect of learning the Chinese language. Previous automated assessment methods often framed scoring as a regression problem. However, this score-only feedback lacks actionable guidance, which limits its effectiveness in helping learners improve their handwriting skills. In this paper, we leverage vision-language models (VLMs) to analyze the quality of handwritten Chinese characters and generate multi-level feedback. Specifically, we investigate two feedback generation tasks: simple grade feedback (Task 1) and enriched, descriptive feedback (Task 2). We explore both low-rank adaptation (LoRA)-based fine-tuning strategies and in-context learning methods to integrate aesthetic assessment knowledge into VLMs. Experimental results show that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performances across multiple evaluation tracks in the CCL 2025 workshop on evaluation of handwritten Chinese character quality.
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Chen Zheng, Yuxuan Lai, Haoyang Lu, Wentao Ma, Jitao Yang, Jian Wang. 2026-03-24. Aesthetic Assessment of Chinese Handwritings Based on Vision Language Models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26768
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