Chinese Stroke Order 6 Rules

1. Top to bottom Chinese: 从上到下 (cóng shàng dào xià) Example characters: 言, 方, 茶 2. Left to right Chinese: 从左到右 (cóng zu dào yòu) ǒ Example characters: 位, 林, 红 3. First horizontal, then vertical Chinese: 先横后竖 (xiān héng hòu shù) Example characters: 干, 丰 4. First right-to-left diagonals, then left-to-right diagonals Chinese: 先撇后捺 (xiān piē hòu nà) Example characters: 八, 人, 交 5. Center comes first in vertically symmetrical characters Chinese: 先中间后两边 (xiān zhōngjiān hòu li ngbiān) ǎ Example characters: 水, 承, 小 . Move from outside to inside and close frames last Chinese: 从外到内 (cóng wài dào nèi)，先进后关 (xiān jìn hòu guān) Example characters: 回, 田, 建