Chinese numbers 1–10: stroke order chart and printable practice sheet
一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 — yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí. Ten characters, 27 strokes in all. Each row draws one number a stroke at a time: the red stroke is the new one, and the dot is where your pen goes down.
Chinese numbers 1–10 · stroke orderlexitrail.com
Stroke order, one stroke at a time
- 1yīone · 1 stroke
- 1
- 2èrtwo · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3sānthree · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4sìfour · 5 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 5wǔfive · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 6liùsix · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 7qīseven · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 8bāeight · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 9jiǔnine · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 10shíten · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
Red = the new stroke · dot = where the pen goes down · free printable at lexitrail.com
Three rules cover most of the ten: top before bottom (三, 六), left before right (八), and the horizontal before the vertical where they cross (十). The one people get wrong is 四: the bottom line closes the box last, which makes it five strokes, while 五 is only four.
Chinese numbers 1–10 · practice sheetlexitrail.com
Practice sheet
Trace the grey characters, then write your own in the empty boxes. Print it from the PDF links above, or with the button.
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- 3
- 4
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- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
Trace the grey row, then write your own · free printable at lexitrail.com