下来 — stroke order
Learn how to write 下来 (xiàlai), which means “to come down”. It is written with 2 characters and 10 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 下來. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 下 | xià | ㄒㄧㄚˋ | below, underneath | 3 |
| 来 | lai | ㄌㄞ˙ | to arrive, to come, to return | 7 |