读书 — stroke order
Learn how to write 读书 (dúshū), which means “to read a book”. It is written with 2 characters and 14 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 讀書. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 读 | dú | ㄉㄨˊ | to study, to learn | 10 |
| 书 | shū | ㄕㄨ | book, letter, document | 4 |