則 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 則
- 否则 fǒuzé otherwise
- 规则 guīzé rule
- 原则 yuánzé principle
- 法则 fǎzé law
- 准则 zhǔnzé norm
- 以身作则 yǐshēn-zuòzé to set an example
- 不进则退 bùjìn-zétuì not to advance is to fall back
- 学而优则仕 xué’éryōuzéshì one who excels in study should become an official
- 欲速则不达 yùsùzébùdá haste makes waste
How do you write 則?
則 (zé) has 9 strokes. Watch them drawn in order, then trace it on the printable sheet.
What are the stroke order rules?
Top before bottom and left before right. Across before down (十), and left-falling before right-falling (人). Outside before inside, but close the box last (国). The middle before its two sides (小).
Why does stroke order matter?
Characters written in order look right, are faster to write, and are easier to remember. Handwriting input on a phone also reads strokes in their order.
Where do these strokes come from?
Make Me a Hanzi, drawn from Arphic’s fonts (Arphic Public License). Its order follows mainland China’s standard; Taiwan and Hong Kong write a few characters in another order.
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Strokes from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Meanings from our own dictionary.