魚 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 魚
- 钓鱼 diàoyú to fish (with a line)
- 鲨鱼 shāyú shark
- 鳄鱼 èyú crocodile
- 鲤鱼 lǐyú carp
- 鱼龙混杂 yúlóng-hùnzá a motley mix of good and bad people
- 如鱼得水 rúyú-déshuǐ like a fish in water
- 浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐ-mōyú to fish in troubled waters
- 鱼跃龙门 yúyuè-lóngmén carp leaping over the dragon gate
- 鱼贯而入 yúguàn-érrù to file in
- 鱼目混珠 yúmù-hùnzhū to pass off fakes as genuine
How do you write 魚?
魚 (yú) has 11 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.