Basic Strokes

Stroke name: héng

Left to right horizontal line

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Stroke name: shù

Vertical line written top to bottom

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Stroke name: piě

Diagonal line falls right to left and ends in a point

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Stroke name: nà

Diagonal line falling left to right, wider at the bottom with a pointed tip

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Stroke name: diǎn

A dot or short line written top to bottom and left to right

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Stroke name: tiǎo/tí

Short diagonal line, rises left to point and ends in a point

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