笔画 (bǐ huà) — strokes of a Chinese character

Definition

Examples

• 学习汉字时，要先记住每个字的笔画顺序。
  Xué xí hàn zì shí, yào xiān jì zhù měi gè zì de bǐ huà shùn xù.
  When learning Chinese characters, you need to remember the stroke order of each character first.
• 这个字的笔画很多，写起来比较麻烦。
  Zhè ge zì de bǐ huà hěn duō, xiě qǐ lái bǐ jiào má fan.
  This character has many strokes, making it more troublesome to write.
• 老师教我们写‘永’字，因为它包含了所有基本笔画。
  Lǎo shī jiào wǒ men xiě 'yǒng' zì, yīn wèi tā bāo hán le suǒ yǒu jī běn bǐ huà.
  The teacher taught us to write 'yong' because it contains all the basic strokes.