从前
HSK 5 · Advanced
从前 Stroke Order: How to Write 从前
- Pinyin
- cóng qián
- Meaning
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- Total strokes
- 13
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
4 strokes从 — 4 strokes
Radical: 人 rén (man, person)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 2.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 3.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 4.捺nà · Right-falling stroke
前 — 9 strokes
Radical: 刂 dāo (knife)
Strokes in order
- 1.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 2.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横折钩héng zhé gōu · Horizontal turning hook stroke
- 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 8.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 9.竖钩shù gōu · Vertical hook stroke