Character Lesson 10 – Stroke Order Rules Group 4

LESSON NOTES

Stroke Order Rule 7: Middle Before Two Sides

Middle Before Two Sides, 先中间后两边.

For characters that are split into two sides by a central divider, we’ll write the divider first, and then the two sides. But with the two sides, we’ll always start from the left side, and then the right side.

Example Characters

小, 永, 乖, 水

Stroke Order Rule 8: Stroke Order of Dot

The Stroke Order of the Stroke Dot 点 (Diǎn), in a character, is decided by the orientation or location of the Dot.

There are four different locations where a single Dot can be placed in a character: top center; top left; top right; or inside a frame. In situation 1 and 2, we write Dot first before anything else. And in situation 3 and 4, we write Dot last.

Situation 1. Top Middle

When the 点 sits on the top left of a character, we’ll write 点 first and then the rest of the character.

Example Characters

义

Situation 2. Top Left

When 点 is in the top left. So we’ll write 点 first and then the rest of the character.

Example Characters

门

Situation 3. Top Right

When 点 is in top right of a Character, we will write 点 the last.

Example Characters

犬

Situation 4. Inside A Frame

When 点 sits inside a “frame”, we’ll write the frame first, and then finish the character with 点.

Example Characters

凡, 叉