起床 — stroke order
Learn how to write 起床 (qǐchuáng), which means “to get out of bed”. It is written with 2 characters and 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 起 | qǐ | ㄑㄧˇ | to begin, to initiate | 10 |
| 床 | chuáng | ㄔㄨㄤˊ | bed, couch | 7 |