雞 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 雞
- 鸡蛋 jīdàn egg
- 鹤立鸡群 hèlì-jīqún to stand out from the crowd (like a crane among chickens)
- 鸡犬升天 jīquǎn-shēngtiān (fig.) when a man rises, his relatives and hangers-on rise with him
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōujī-mōgǒu to have illicit affairs
- 缚鸡之力 fùjī-zhīlì the strength to truss a chicken (usu. negated: utterly feeble)
- 鸡飞蛋打 jīfēi-dàndǎ to lose everything
- 鸡毛蒜皮 jīmáo-suànpí trivial matters
- 鸡飞狗跳 jīfēi-gǒutiào chaos
How do you write 雞?
雞 (jī) has 18 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.