上海 — stroke order
Learn how to write 上海 (shànghǎi), which means “Shanghai municipality, central east Chi…”. It is written with 2 characters and 13 strokes in total. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 上 | shàng | ㄕㄤˋ | above, on top, superior | 3 |
| 海 | hǎi | ㄏㄞˇ | sea, ocean | 10 |