What is the writing order of Chinese characters?

The stroke order rules of Chinese characters are: horizontal before vertical (such as "stem"), left before bottom (such as "eight"), top-down (such as "main"), left and right (such as "forest"), advanced after collection (such as "field"), middle before both sides (such as "water").

At present, the governments of Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province and Japan all have a set of stroke order standards for school teaching. The rules of stroke order followed by these standards are basically the same, but there are also differences, which are not completely consistent with the traditional stroke order.

The standard fonts in the Mainland are standardized Chinese characters promulgated by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Education, including simplified Chinese characters promulgated by 1956. The stroke order standard follows the stroke order standard of commonly used characters in modern Chinese.

The traditional stroke order of extended materials was widely used in ancient times and is still used in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. Users are mainly scholars who understand calligraphy, so it is also called calligraphy stroke order. By studying the calligraphy works before the Republic of China, especially the works of famous calligraphers, we can draw the conclusion that the order of strokes has been recognized. Most of these strokes follow etymology, glyph structure, glyph changes or ancient methods.

The standard font of Taiwan Province Province is the standard font of Chinese characters promulgated by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China. The stroke order standard follows the Manual of Stroke Order of Common Chinese Characters.

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