The sequence of strokes is: vertical fold/vertical bend, horizontal fold, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, left, and dot.
Introduction to stroke order
The stroke order rules of Chinese characters are: horizontal first and then vertical (such as "gan"), first left and then back (such as "eight"), from top to bottom (such as: "main"), from left to right (such as "forest"), first and then close (such as: "field"), first from the middle and then to both sides (such as: "water"), from outside to inside (such as: " "Return") etc.
For example, in the word "zhan", the stroke order is 丿,丿丨,丿丨一,丿丨一丿,丿丨一丿乀. The order of strokes is related to the speed of writing and the quality of fonts to a certain extent. Stroke order is also important during exams. There are differences in the traditional stroke order of Chinese characters and the standard stroke order in various regions. The stroke order standard in Mainland China is the "Modern Chinese Common Character Stroke Order Standards".
Differences in stroke order
Today, the governments of Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan each have a set of stroke order standards for school teaching. The stroke order rules followed by these standards are roughly the same, but there are differences and they are not completely consistent with the traditional stroke order.
The reason why these standards differ from the traditional stroke order is due to the needs of school teaching. If the stroke order is too complicated or there are many exceptions, students may feel overwhelmed.
Traditional stroke order was widely used in ancient times and is still used in the Chinese character culture circle today. The users are mainly scholars who know calligraphy, so it is also called the stroke order of calligraphy. By studying calligraphy works before the Republic of China, especially the works of famous calligraphers, it can be concluded that the stroke order has been recognized.
Most of these stroke orders follow word origin, glyph structure, glyph changes or ancient methods. Many characters have multiple variants (that is, multiple ways of writing them). The stroke order can be changed with the change of the fonts Zhuan, Li, Zhen, Xing and Cao. The common traditional stroke order is: when horizontal and vertical strokes intersect, horizontal strokes are generally written first, except for the characters "tian" and "wang". The stroke order of "忄" and "火" is first on both sides and then in the middle.
The first stroke of Cheng is a stroke. If "gan" and "sheng" are in a semi-enclosed structure, after writing "heart" or "plate", write "slanted hook, left off, dot". The outer surrounding structure of characters (such as "jiang", "bandit", "pi", "di", etc.) is two strokes (i.e. horizontal and vertical folds). Those who are drawn horizontally in the middle and have a prominent position are written last. Such as "female", "dan", "wu" and "book".