Chinese Character Stroke Order Dictionary 筆順字典 + 筆畫教學
http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_stroke_order_rules.html
Basic information on stroke patterns
Stroke order learning (in English)
http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_stroke_order_rules.html
- From top to bottom (从上到下)
- From left to right (从左到右)
- Horizontal before vertical (先横后竖)
- Diagonals right-to-left before diagonals left-to-right ( 先撇后捺)
- Outside before inside (从外到内)
- Inside before outside (从内到外)
- Inside before bottom enclosing ( 先里头后封口)
- Center verticals before outside “wings” ( 先中间后两边)
- Cutting strokes last ( 相交笔画后写)
- Left vertical before enclosing ( 先左竖后封口)
- Top or upper-left dots first ( 点在上边或左上先写 )
- Inside or upper-right dots last ( 点在右上或里边后写)