先
HSK 3 · Intermediate
先 Stroke Order: How to Write 先
- Pinyin
- xiān
- Meaning
- early; prior; former
- Total strokes
- 6
More meanings
early; prior; former; in advance; first
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
6 strokes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