Chinese strokes and stroke order in written Chinese

1. Strokes and Stroke Order in
Written Chinese
王晟出品

2. 一、Basic Strokes and
Combination Strokes

3. diǎn
点
nà
捺
shù
竖
héng
横
piě
撇
tÍ
提

4. xié gōu
斜钩
héng gōu
横钩
héng zhé
横折
shù gōu
竖钩
shù zhé
竖折

5. Examples
六 (six)
头 (head)
diǎn
点
héng
横
一 (one)
二 (two)
三 (three)

6. Examples
十 (ten)
土 (soil)
五 (five)
口 (mouth)
日 (sun)
zhé
折
shù
竖

7. Examples
打 (hit)
冰 (ice)
八 (eight)
人 (person)
大 (big)
piě
撇
tÍ
提

8. Examples
八 (eight)
人 (person)
大 (big)
手 (hand)
小 (small)
子 (son)
nà
捺
gōu
钩

9. Which strokes appear in these characters?
小 六 十 中 大
我 江 戈 亡 口

10. Why should we study stroke order?
• By learning the basic stroke order, it is easy and effective
to learn to write Chinese characters.
• Chinese people have used this system to write Chinese
characters for centuries and perfected it.
• What’s important is that you make it a habit to write
Chinese characters using the proper stroke order.
• Make it a habit right from the start. Do not relearn it
later on!
• You’ll be happy to know there are only 8 stroke order
rules to remember.:)

11. Rules Examples
1.First 横， then 竖 十 下
2.First 撇， then 捺 人 天
3.First top， then bottom 三 早
4.First left， then right 你 到
5.First outside， then inside 月 肉
6.First inside， then outside 山 乐
7.First middle， then sides 小 水
8.First inside， then close the
door
日 回

12. Structure of Chinese Characters
十、大Single
top
bottom
名、字
left
right
你、好
left
center
right
哪、谢