How to master Chinese stroke order in 10 minutes
If you want to write in Chinese, first of all, you need to know the stroke rules. Then, you also have to learn the structure of characters.
The stroke rules
1 Top to bottom
2 Left to right
3 Center first (for symmetrical words: the central part from top to bottom)
4 Horizontal first, vertical second
5 Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）
The structure of characters
1 Symmetrical
Example, 永
Rule: Center first
2 Top to bottom
Example, 己
Rule: Top to bottom 
3 Left to right
Example, 你
Rule: Left to right
4 Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）
Example, 田
Rule: Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）
Now is the challeage! Let’s try 「新」
The structure of 新 is
1 Left to right
2 Top to bottom
