要求 — stroke order
Learn how to write 要求 (yāoqiú), which means “to request”. It is written with 2 characters and 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 要 | yāo | ㄧㄠ | essential, necessary | 9 |
| 求 | qiú | ㄑㄧㄡˊ | to seek | 7 |