是
HSK 1 · Beginner
是 Stroke Order: How to Write 是
- Pinyin
- shì
- Meaning
- to be; yes
- Total strokes
- 9
More meanings
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
9 strokes是 — 9 strokes
Radical: 日 rì (sun)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 2.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 8.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke