憂 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 憂
- 担忧 dānyōu to worry
- 忧愁 yōuchóu worried
- 忧虑 yōulǜ concern
- 忧郁 yōuyù melancholy
- 后顾之忧 hòugù-zhīyōu worries about what is left behind
- 无忧无虑 wúyōu-wúlǜ carefree
- 排忧解难 páiyōu-jiěnàn to resolve worries and difficulties
- 忧心忡忡 yōuxīn-chōngchōng deeply worried
- 内忧外患 nèiyōu-wàihuàn internal troubles and external threats
- 杞人忧天 qǐrén-yōutiān to worry needlessly
How do you write 憂?
憂 (yōu) has 15 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.