How to write strokes in order

A stroke is a line written in one continuous line at a time without interruption in the writing of a Chinese character.

Stroke order refers to the order in which the strokes of a Chinese character are written, generally left before right, up before down, and outside before inside.

A stroke is a line written in one continuous motion without interruption. A stroke is the smallest component of a Chinese character. Strokes can be categorized as horizontal (一), vertical (丨), apostrophe (丿), dot (丶), down (乀), and fold (乛). Strokes in addition to horizontal, vertical, less variety, skimming can be divided into horizontal skimming, vertical skimming, point and vertical point, skimming point, etc. called, down a flat down and other small distinction, mentioning the vertical mention. Folding is divided into many, there are horizontal folding, and skimming, horizontal hooks, folding hooks, horizontal folding hooks, words pick, wind hooks (horizontal folding slant hooks), horizontal curved (horizontal folding curved), concave folding (horizontal folding folding), nine hooks (horizontal folding hooks), B hooks, ear hooks, go of the, build folding, Naihou, convex folding, easy to hooks, vertical folding, vertical folding, vertical curved, vertical hooks, hooks, children, hooks, special folding, tripod folding, folded, diagonal hooks, hooks, curved hooks, and so on. Recognizing the shapes of strokes and counting the number of strokes will help guide writing and dictionary checking.

The rules of stroke order of Chinese characters are: first horizontal and then vertical (e.g. "干"), first skimming and then pressing (e.g. "八"), from the top to the bottom (e.g. "主"), from the left to the right (e.g. "林"), in first and then shutting (e.g. "田"), in the middle and then on both sides (e.g. "水"), and from the outside to the inside (e.g. "回"). For example, "仗", the stroke order is 丿,丿丨,丿丨一,丿丨一丿,丿丨一丿乀. Stroke order is to some extent related to the speed of writing and the shape of the character. Stroke order is also important in examinations. The traditional stroke order of Chinese characters varies from region to region. In Mainland China, the standard of stroke order is the "Stroke order specification of modern Chinese common characters".