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Mandarin chinese is one of the toughest languages in the world for an English speaker to master. (At the top of the Exceptionally Difficult Languages list are Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, and Arabic.) But take heart that it is definitely not as difficult as it first appears-after just a few chinese lessons everyone can write the simpler characters with ease!
The first thing to know is the stroke types :
"Dian" - A simple dot.
2. "Heng" - Horizontal stroke, left to right.
3. "Shu" - Vertical stroke, top to bottom.
4. "Gou" - Hook appended to other strokes.
5. "Ti" - Diagonal stroke, rising from left to right.
6. "Pie" - Diagonal stroke, falling from right to left.
7. "Duan Pie" - Short diagonal stroke, falling from right to left.
8. "Na" - Horizontal stroke, falling from left to right.
These are very important for write perfect chinese characters.
Then to learning is the correct stroke order:
1、Top to bottom: 三
2、Left to right: 川
3、Upper left corner to lower right corner 石
4、Outside to inside 月
5、When two or more strokes cross, horizontal strokes before vertical ones 十
6、Slanting stroke to the left before a slanting stroke to the right 人
7、Centre stroke before symmetrical wings 小
8、Boxes should only be closed once the strokes inside them have been completed. So, 田 would be written: left edge, then top and right edges in one stroke, then 十 inside the box and finally the box is closed with the base line
Despite these conflicts between rules most students quickly acquire a natural feel for the proper stroke order.
For more detail on chinese characters, please see this learn chinese online website.
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