苦尽甘来
HSK 6 · Proficient
苦尽甘来 Stroke Order: How to Write 苦尽甘来
- Pinyin
- kǔ jìn gān lái
- Meaning
- bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- Total strokes
- 26
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
8 strokes苦 — 8 strokes
Radical: 艹 cǎo (grass, weed, plant, herb)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke
尽 — 6 strokes
Radical: 尸 shī (body, corpse)
Strokes in order
- 1.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.捺nà · Right-falling stroke
- 5.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 6.点diǎn · Dot stroke
甘 — 5 strokes
Radical: 甘 gān (sweet, tasty)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
来 — 7 strokes
Radical: 木 mù (tree)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 3.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 6.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 7.捺nà · Right-falling stroke