Chinese stroke order and character writing practice
Look up the stroke order of any Chinese character and watch it written stroke by stroke, with stroke numbers and the stroke count, for over 9,000 simplified and traditional hanzi. Search by character, pinyin, or English, then switch to Trace for Chinese handwriting practice with your mouse or finger.
Common words
你好hello谢谢thank you我爱你I love you爱love生日快乐happy birthday中国China朋友friend美丽beautiful名字name妈妈mom家family和平peace龙dragon水water火fire永foreverWords used every day
Complicated characters
鱻fresh籲to appeal爨to cook鬱gloomy鑿chisel豔gorgeous廳hall龜turtleMore complicated characters →Traditional characters with the most strokes
Stroke order of 你, step by step
- Stroke 1
- Stroke 2
- Stroke 3
- Stroke 4
- Stroke 5
- Stroke 6
- Stroke 7
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