漢字、筆順簡介 About Chinese Characters, brief introduction to stroke order

This passage contains three parts, very interesting information on MITRES_21F_003S11_char01

Characters 1

1.1 General features of Chinese texts
1.2 The form of characters
1.3 Function
1.4 Writing
1.5 Presentation of characters
1.6 Numbers
1.7 Dates
1.8 Days
1.9 Surnames and pronouns
1.10 More pronouns and function words
1.11 Stative verbs and associated function words
1.12 Action verbs and associated function words
1.13 On the streets

Information is from MIT Open courseware –

Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (汉语基础教材)