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我 (wǒ) Stroke Order, Decomposition & Printable Worksheet

我 (wǒ · Hán Việt: Ngã) — I; me; my; oneself. Originally depicted a notched halberd weapon (戈 gē); borrowed since oracle bone script as the standard first-person pronoun I / me.

Pinyin: wǒ
Sino-Vietnamese: Ngã
Strokes: 7
Radical: 戈
IDS Structure: ⿰扌戈
Traditional: 我

我wǒ

7 Strokes

我 Stroke-by-Stroke Trajectory (7 Steps)

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#1 / 7

我1 撇 Piě

我1 (45,27)→(20,37)

#2 / 7戈

我2 横 Héng

我2 (17,48)→(72,38)

#3 / 7

我3 折 Zhé

我3 (32,34)→(24,77)

#4 / 7

我4 横 Héng

我4 (10,68)→(48,55)

#5 / 7戈

我5 折 Zhé

我5 (48,9)→(87,71)

#6 / 7戈

我6 撇 Piě

我6 (71,48)→(44,75)

#7 / 7戈

我7 点 Diǎn

我7 (64,19)→(76,26)

Origin & Structural Decomposition (我 = ⿰扌戈)

Originally depicted a notched halberd weapon (戈 gē); borrowed since oracle bone script as the standard first-person pronoun I / me.

⿰扌戈 → 扌 + 戈 (⿰)

Calligraphy Proportion & Grid Coaching for 我

Start with a short flat Piě on the top-left, then draw the long spanning Horizontal stroke across both halves; make the right-side Slanted-Hook (斜钩) sweep longer and lower than the left Vertical-Hook.

Common Stroke Order Pitfall for 我

Write the right-hand Slanted-Hook (stroke 5) BEFORE the short Piě cutting across it (stroke 6) and finish with the top-right Dot (stroke 7) last.

Essential HSK Compound Words with 我

我们wǒmen

we; us; our

自我zìwǒ

self; oneself

我家wǒ jiā

my home; my family

忘我wàngwǒ

selfless; absorbed

Example Sentences Using 我 (wǒ)

我和同学们一起练习汉字笔顺。

Wǒ hé tóngxuémen yìqǐ liànxí Hànzì bǐshùn.

My classmates and I practice Chinese character stroke order together.

请给我一张米字格练习纸。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng mǐzìgé liànxízhǐ.