想要 — stroke order
Learn how to write 想要 (xiǎngyào), which means “to want to”. It is written with 2 characters and 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 想 | xiǎng | ㄒㄧㄤˇ | to believe, to wish for | 13 |
| 要 | yào | ㄧㄠˋ | essential, necessary | 9 |