Before you actually do the real thing, you must first know the strokes. There are a total of 8 basic strokes that is a MUST to know. They are Dian, Hon, Su, Go, Tee, Pe, Duan Pe and Na.

Chinese Characters are usually written from left to right and top to bottom...

Diǎn (点) is simply a dot.

Héng (横) is a horizontal stroke.

Shù (豎) is a vertical stroke.

Gōu( 鉤) is a hook at the end of other strokes.

Tí (提) is a rising diagonal stroke.

Piě (撇) is a descending diagonal stroke from right to left (simply opposite of Tí).

Wān (彎) is a stroke that follows a concave path on the left or on the right.

Nà (捺) is a descending diagonal stroke.