Before we write on the Chinese character, the first things that we have to know and understand well is the character stroke. There are 8 basic strokes in Mandarin and 24 other multiple strokes we should learn.
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Below are the strokes in Mandarin, how to write the strokes and the names of the strokes.
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What is the importance of learning Chinese strokes?
To remember the Chinese character, there is no other way than do more exercises. By learning the strokes, the character will be more easier to write. Of course there are a few ways of strokes order to follow when writing the character. But we will cover that in the next topic.
Class of Mandarin 