What are the eight basic strokes of Chinese characters?

The eight basic stroke names of Chinese characters are: point (丨), horizontal (丨), vertical (丨), left (丨), left (丨), folding (丨), bending (丨) and hook (丨)

Stroke of Chinese characters

Stroke (bǐ huà) usually refers to points and lines of various shapes that make up Chinese characters, such as horizontal (1), vertical (2), left (3), point (3), fold (3) and so on. It is the smallest Lian Bi unit of Chinese characters.

There are eight basic strokes in traditional Chinese characters, namely, "point (个), horizontal (个), vertical (个), left (个), folded (个) and hooked (个).