起初
HSK 6 · Proficient
起初 Stroke Order: How to Write 起初
- Pinyin
- qǐ chū
- Meaning
- originally; at first; at the outset
- Total strokes
- 17
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
10 strokes起 — 10 strokes
Radical: 走 zǒu (to walk, to run, to flee)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical 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
- 8.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 10.竖弯钩shù wān gōu · Vertical bending hook stroke
初 — 7 strokes
Radical: 刀 dāo (knife)
Strokes in order
- 1.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 2.横撇héng piě · Horizontal left-falling stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 5.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 6.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 7.撇piě · Left-falling stroke