画蛇添足
HSK 6 · Proficient
画蛇添足 Stroke Order: How to Write 画蛇添足
- Pinyin
- huà shé tiān zú
- Meaning
- lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
- Total strokes
- 37
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
8 strokes画 — 8 strokes
Radical: 田 tián (field, farm, arable land)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 7.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke
- 8.竖shù · Vertical stroke
蛇 — 11 strokes
Radical: 虫 chóng (insect, worm)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 2.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 7.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 8.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 9.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 10.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 11.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke
添 — 11 strokes
Radical: 氵 shuǐ (water)
Strokes in order
- 1.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 2.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 3.提tí · Rising stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 7.捺nà · Right-falling stroke
- 8.竖钩shù gōu · Vertical hook stroke
- 9.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 10.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 11.点diǎn · Dot stroke
足 — 7 strokes
Radical: 足 zú (foot)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 2.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke