This is Part 2 – The 12 Stroke Order Rules
Handwriting characters is essential as a means of developing muscle memory to further enhance your retention of Chinese characters. It’s also very useful to be able to write Chinese by hand in certain situations. Just to be 100% clear, though, we do NOT advocate rote learning!
We just recommend writing them out once or twice while learning or reviewing them for the reasons stated above. In order to write characters in a remotely legible way, you need to follow a clear set of rules. There are 12 stroke order rules you need to follow. Here they are one-by-one:
Thanks to ArchChinese for this list and thanks to commons.wikimedia.org for the images!