Basic Strokes
In the Chinese language, there are thousands of different characters that one must memorize. Of all of these characters, there are 8 main strokes that make up of these characters. Click on one of the following to see a flash representation of its writing and some characters that utilise this stroke.

heng.gif 59x57First Stroke
  • Heng -- horizontal.
shu.gif 59x60Second Stroke
  • Shu -- Vertical
pie.gif 60x60Third Stroke
  • Pie -- Left-Falling
na.gif 61x59 Fourth Stroke
  • Na -- Right-Falling
ti.gif 60x60 Fifth Stroke
  • Ti -- Rising
zhe.gif 58x62 Sixth Stroke
  • Zhou -- Turning
gou.gif 58x59 Seventh Stroke
  • Gou -- Hook
dian.gif 58x60 Eighth Stroke
  • Dian -- Point

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