橫 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 橫
- 横向 héngxiàng horizontal
- 才华横溢 cáihuá-héngyì brimming with talent
- 横行霸道 héngxíng-bàdào to throw one's weight around
- 老气横秋 lǎoqì-héngqiū arrogant with seniority
- 横冲直撞 héngchōng-zhízhuàng to charge around wildly
- 纵横交错 zònghéng-jiāocuò crisscross
- 妙趣横生 miàoqù-héngshēng delightful
- 老泪纵横 lǎolèi-zònghéng tears streaming down an old face
- 横七竖八 héngqī-shùbā in disorder
- 横扫千军 héngsǎo-qiānjūn to sweep away everything in one's path
How do you write 橫?
橫 (héng) has 16 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.