龍 stroke order
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Words with 龍
- 恐龙 kǒnglóng dinosaur
- 龙头 lóngtóu faucet
- 沙龙 shālóng salon (gathering or venue)
- 跑龙套 pǎolóngtào to play a bit part
- 水龙头 shuǐlóngtóu faucet
- 画龙点睛 huàlóng-diǎnjīng to add the finishing touch
- 来龙去脉 láilóng-qùmài the whole story
- 生龙活虎 shēnglóng-huóhǔ full of life and energy
- 鱼龙混杂 yúlóng-hùnzá a motley mix of good and bad people
- 龙飞凤舞 lóngfēi-fèngwǔ lively and vigorous (of calligraphy)
How do you write 龍?
龍 (lóng) 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.