从来 — stroke order
Learn how to write 从来 (cónglái), which means “always”. It is written with 2 characters and 11 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 從來. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 从 | cóng | ㄘㄨㄥˊ | from, by, since, whence, through | 4 |
| 来 | lái | ㄌㄞˊ | to arrive, to come, to return | 7 |