亲爱 — stroke order
Learn how to write 亲爱 (qīnài), which means “dear”. It is written with 2 characters and 19 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 親愛. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亲 | qīn | ㄑㄧㄣ | relatives, parents | 9 |
| 爱 | ài | ㄞˋ | to love, to like, to be fond of | 10 |