Chinese Character Stroke Order Dictionary 筆順字典 + 筆畫教學

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Basic information on stroke patterns

 

Stroke order learning (in English)

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1. From top to bottom (从上到下)
2. From left to right (从左到右)
3. Horizontal before vertical (先横后竖)
4. Diagonals right-to-left before diagonals left-to-right ( 先撇后捺)
5. Outside before inside (从外到内)
6. Inside before outside (从内到外)
7. Inside before bottom enclosing ( 先里头后封口)
8. Center verticals before outside “wings” ( 先中间后两边)
9. Cutting strokes last ( 相交笔画后写)
10. Left vertical before enclosing ( 先左竖后封口)
11. Top or upper-left dots first ( 点在上边或左上先写 )
12. Inside or upper-right dots last ( 点在右上或里边后写)