争先恐后
HSK 6 · Proficient
争先恐后 Stroke Order: How to Write 争先恐后
- Pinyin
- zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
- Meaning
- striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
- Total strokes
- 28
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
6 strokes争 — 6 strokes
Radical: 亅 jué (hook)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.横撇héng piě · Horizontal left-falling stroke
- 3.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.竖提shù tí · Vertical rising stroke
先 — 6 strokes
Radical: 儿 ér (son, child)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 6.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke
恐 — 10 strokes
Radical: 心 xīn (heart)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 5.横折钩héng zhé gōu · Horizontal turning hook stroke
- 6.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 7.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 8.点折diǎn zhé · Dot turning stroke
- 9.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 10.点diǎn · Dot stroke
后 — 6 strokes
Radical: 口 kǒu (mouth)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke