华 stroke order
huá China
6 strokes HSK 5
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Words with 华
- 中华 zhōnghuá China
- 中华民族 zhōnghuá-mínzú the Chinese nation
- 才华 cáihuá talent
- 繁华 fánhuá bustling
- 豪华 háohuá luxurious
- 华丽 huálì gorgeous
- 华侨 huáqiáo overseas Chinese
- 华人 huárén ethnic Chinese person (esp. overseas)
- 华裔 huáyì person of Chinese descent
- 精华 jīnghuá essence
How do you write 华?
华 (huá) has 6 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.
More free tools
Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Your name in Chinese: how Chinese writes it.
Strokes from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).