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57 弓 bow 58 彐 animal head 59 彡 adorn, brush hairs, etc. 60 彳 crossroads, go 61 心 heart, mind 忄 62 戈 halberd 63 戸 door 64 手 hand 扌 65 支 branch, support 66 攴 strike with stick, etc. 攵 67 文 pattern, writing 68 斗 ladle 69 斤 axe 70 方 side, direction 71 旡 choking figure 72 日 sun, day 73 曰 speak 74 月 moon 75 木 tree 76 欠 yawn, open mouth 77 止 stop 78 歹 skeletal bones 79 殳 attack with weapon 80 毋 not violate woman 母 ‘mother’ is different graph 81 比 compare 82 毛 hair, fur 83 氏 Mr., clan 84 气 vapor 85 水 water, liquid 氵 86 火 fire 灬 87 爪 claw, hand 爫; distinguish 爪 from 瓜 (det. 97) 88 父 father 89 爻 mix 90 爿 boards (for bed, etc.) 91 片 one side (of tree [木]) 92 牙 fang, tusk 93 牛 cow 牜 94 犬 dog 犭 95 玄 dark 96 玉 jade, jewel dot often omitted (compound graphs) 97 瓜 melon distinguish from 爪 (det. 87) 98 瓦 tile 99 甘 sweet 100 生 birth, life, raw 101 用 use 102 田 field 103 疋 leg variant 104 疒 sickness 105 癶 spring from, start 106 白 white 107 皮 skin, hide 108 皿 bowl 109 目 eye occasionally 罒; see also 网 (det. 122) 110 矛 spear, halberd 111 矢 arrow 112 石 stone 113 示 altar, show 礻 114 禸 creature with tail 115 禾 grain plant 116 穴 cave, hole 117 立 stand 118 竹 bamboo 119 米 rice 120 糸 thread 121 缶 earthen jar, can 122 网 net common in compound graphs, written 罒 123 羊 sheep 124 羽 wings, feathers 125 老 old 126 而 beard, whiskers 127 耒 plough 128 耳 ear 129 聿 writing brush 130 肉 meat, flesh, body (part) 月 131 臣 minister, retainer, slave 132 自 self 133 至 arrive 134 臼 mortar, mill 135 舌 tongue 136 舛 opposing feet 137 舟 boat 月 138 艮 look backwards 139 色 colour 140 艸 plants, vegetation always occurs as 艹 (traditional: 141 虍 tiger 142 虫 insect 143 血 blood 144 行 go 145 衣 garment 衤 146 西 west 覀/襾 ’stopper’ is separate from 西 ‘west’ 147 見 see 148 角 horn 149 言 words, say 150 谷 valley 151 豆 beans 152 豕 boar, pig 153 豸 threatening beast 154 貝 shellfish, shell 155 赤 red 156 走 run 157 足 leg, foot 158 身 body 159 車 vehicle 160 辛 sharp, bitter 161 辰 Dragon (zodiac sign) 162 辵 walk (along road) occurs in short form 辶 (traditional: 辶) 163 邑 settlement, village occurs on right in short form阝 164 酉 wine (jar), zodiac sign 165 釆 scatter seed 166 里 village 167 金 metal 168 長 long 169 門 gate distinguish from 鬥 ‘fighting’ (det. 191) 170 阜 hill, mound, terracing occurs on left in short form阝 171 隶 catch 172 隹 (short-tailed) bird 173 雨 rain, weather 174 青 blue, green 175 非 not 176 面 face, surface 177 革 leather 178 韋 surround, oppose 179 韭 leek 180 音 sound 181 頁 head, page 182 風 wind 183 飛 fly 184 食 food, eat in compound graphs 飠or 185 首 neck 186 香 fragrance 187 馬 horse 188 骨 bone 189 高 high 190 髟 hair 191 鬥 fighting distinguish from 門 ‘gate’ (det. 169) 192 鬯 fragrant herbs 193 鬲 cauldron (bulbous) 194 鬼 demon 195 魚 fish 196 鳥 bird 197 鹵 salt 198 鹿 deer 199 麥 wheat 200 麻 flax, hemp 201 黄 yellow 202 黍 millet 203 黒 black 204 黹 sewing 205 黽 frog 206 鼎 cauldron 207 鼓 drum 208 鼠 rat 209 鼻 nose 210 齊 complete, equal 211 齒 tooth 212 龍 dragon 213 龜 tortoise, turtle 214 龠 flute General Principles of Stroke Order
Though there are inevitably a number of exceptions, most characters are written according to established principles of stroke order. A knowledge of these principles is important in order to achieve the proper shape
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