- Chinese Character Writing Worksheets
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Chinese language is its special writing system. Chinese characters conform to a roughly square frame and are not linked to one another. Writing characters in the correct stroke order can greatly facilitate learning and memorization. Correct stroke order is also vital to produce visually appealing characters. It is important to write Chinese characters properly with the right stroke order from the beginning. Once you get bad habits, it is very hard to correct them later. Arch Chinese offers 3 types of Chinese character writing worksheets, along with 4 writing box styles (
blank,
diagonal,
cross and
square) and various writing box sizes, to help you learn how to write Chinese characters correctly and beautifully.
You can generate handwriting worksheets quickly by entering (or copy & paste) Chinese characters to the above box
and press the
Generate Chinese Character Worksheets button. This feature is designed for Chinese language teachers to create worksheets for students without viewing the character animations. Try it out using the demo character寫. You need to
sign in to print worksheets for other Chinese characters. it is limited to 20 characters at a time. For simplified Chinese characters, please use
Arch Chinese simplified version.
Alternatively, you can generate worksheets for the characters you have studied by clicking the
Print button on the toolbar. You can also export the studied characters and then paste them into the above box to print selectively.
1. Character writing worksheets with stroke sequences (
sample 1,
sample 2) - It is perfect for offline practice. After you
sign in, simply click the
Print button on the tool bar to generate worksheets for the characters you have studied online. Alternatively, you can view the characters on the
Studied Characters pop-up and then print them.
2. Character writing worksheets for tracing without stroke sequences (
sample 1,
sample 2) - Go to
Worksheets tab of
Options pop-up, you will see the first option on the tab is "Create stroke sequences for each character", which is checked by default. Uncheck it and then print out the studied characters by clicking the Print button on the toolbar.
3. Blank Chinese character writing worksheets (
sample 1,
sample 2)- If you have not studied any characters, clicking the
Print button on the toolbar will generate blank writing worksheets. If you have already studied some characters, click the
Delete button on the
Studied Characters pop-up to clear up the study history first, and then click the
Print button.
In addition, Arch Chinese provides fine-grained control over the handwriting worksheet generation. On the
Worksheet tab of the
Options pop-up, you can set:
- For each character, create how many shaded characters for tracing
- For each character, reserve how many blank writing boxes for practice without tracing
- For the stroke sequences, the color of the written strokes
- For the stroke sequences, the color of the new strokes. By default, it is light yellow, which will be printed as light gray on a black & white printer.
- The color of shaded characters. By default, it is light blue, which will be printed as light gray on a black & white printer
- The color of the grid.
- The color of the radical. By default, it is blue.
- The style of the writing boxes. You can select Blank, Diagonal, Cross or Square
- The size of the writing boxes. You can select Tiny, Small, Medium, Large or Huge
We have tested the worksheets on a range of black & white printers. The default settings should be good, but you are free to tweak the settings to find the combination you like.
To reset the settings to the default values, click the
Reset configuration settings button on the
System & Security tab of the
Options pop-up.
Contact us if you have suggestions or questions regarding the character writing worksheets.