Chinese strokes are the line patterns that could be arranged and combined to form the Chinese characters. It is very helpful to understand the writing of Chinese. So this lesson, I will introduce to you some basic and combining Chinese strokes.

Combining Strokes

Stroke	Name	Pinyin	Meaning	Example
乛	横 钩	Héng Gōu	Horizontal hook	家
亅	竖 钩	Shù Gōu	Vertical hook	小
	斜 钩	Xié Gōu	slanted hook	我
	横 折	Héng Zhé	Horizontal bend	口
L	竖 折	Shù Zhé	Vertical bend	医
	竖弯钩	Shù Wān Gōu	Vertical bend hook	七

Chinese Stroke I Video