How to write "Hello" in Chinese — 你好 stroke by stroke

你好 — nǐ hǎo — hello. 2 characters, 13 strokes in total.

Stroke by stroke

• 你

  nǐ

  7 strokes

  HSK 1

• 好

  hǎo

  6 strokes

  HSK 1

你 nǐ · Stroke order

好 hǎo · 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

• 你
• 好

Practise it

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