How to write "Happy new year" in Chinese — 新年快乐 stroke by stroke

新年快乐 — xīn nián kuài lè — happy new year. 4 characters, 31 strokes in total.

Stroke by stroke

• 新

  xīn

  13 strokes

  HSK 2

• 年

  nián

  6 strokes

  HSK 1

• 快

  kuài

  7 strokes

  HSK 2

• 乐

  lè

  5 strokes

新 xīn · Stroke order

年 nián · Stroke order

快 kuài · Stroke order

乐 lè · Stroke order

Each character sits in a 田字格 (tiánzìgé), the four-quadrant grid Chinese children learn to write in — the dashed lines show you where the parts of a character should sit relative to each other.

Practice sheet

Trace the grey characters, then fill the empty boxes. Print this sheet

• 新
• 年
• 快
• 乐

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