Top 10 Rules of Chinese Character Stroke Order 汉字笔顺十大规则汇总
1. First horizontal and then vertical. 1、先横后竖。
Example word: ten. 例字：十，shí。
2. Left-falling stroke first and then right-falling stroke. 2、先撇后捺。
Example word: people. 例字：人，rén。
3. From top to bottom. 3、从上到下。
Example word: three. 例字：三，sān。
4. From left to right. 4、从左到右。
Example word: river. 例字：河，hé。
5. First outside and then inside. 5、先外后里。
Example word: moon. 例字：月，yuè。
6. Outside, inside and then sealing. 6、先外后里再封口。
Example word: back. 例字：回，huí。
7. When the middle part is higher, first the middle and then left and right. 7、当中间部分较高时，先中间后左右。
Example word: small. 例字：小，xiǎo。(反例：左中右大小相等的字“做”——遵循从左到右的笔顺) 。
8. Words with dots 8、带点的字
8.1 If the dot is at the top or top left, write the dot first. 8.1 点在正上或左上，先写点。
Example words: clothes, doors. 例字：衣，yī。门，mén。
8.2 If the dot is on the top right or in the middle of the word, write the dot last. 8.2 点在右上或在字的中间，后写点。
Example words: dog, spoon. 例字：犬，quǎn。勺，sháo。
9. Two-sided surrounding structure 9、两面包围结构
9.1 The upper right and upper left surrounding structure, first outside and then inside. 9.1 右上和左上包围结构，先外后里。
Example words: sentence, celebration. 例字：句，jù。庆，qìng。
9.2 The lower left surrounding structure, first inside and then outside. 9.2 左下包围结构，先里后外。
Example word: far. 例字：远，yuǎn。
10. Three-sided surrounding structure 10、三面包围结构
10.1 If the gap faces upwards, inside first and then outside. 10.1 缺口朝上，先里后外。
Example word: fierce. 例字：凶，xiōng。
10.2 If the gap faces downwards, first outside and then inside. 10.2 缺口朝下，先外后里。
Example words: the same. 例字：同，tóng。
10.3 If the gap faces to the right, first up, then inside and then down left. 10.3 缺口朝右，先上后里再左下。
Example word: district. 例字：区，qū。