生日快乐 — stroke order
Learn how to write 生日快乐 (shēngrìkuàilè), which means “Happy birthday”. It is written with 4 characters and 21 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 生日快樂. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 生 | shēng | ㄕㄥ | life, lifetime | 5 |
| 日 | rì | ㄖˋ | sun | 4 |
| 快 | kuài | ㄎㄨㄞˋ | speedy, rapid, quick | 7 |
| 乐 | lè | ㄌㄜˋ | cheerful, happy, laughing | 5 |