嘆 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 嘆
- 感叹 gǎntàn to sigh with feeling
- 惊叹 jīngtàn to exclaim in admiration
- 叹气 tànqì to sigh
- 赞叹 zàntàn to marvel at
- 叹为观止 tànwéi-guānzhǐ to marvel at something as the very best
- 唉声叹气 āishēng-tànqì to moan and sigh
- 赞叹不已 zàntàn-bùyǐ to praise endlessly
- 长吁短叹 chángxū-duǎntàn to sigh repeatedly
How do you write 嘆?
嘆 (tàn) has 14 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.