你 (nǐ) Stroke Order, Decomposition & Printable Worksheet
你 (nǐ · Hán Việt: Nhĩ) — you; your (informal singular). Left-right compound combining person 亻 on the left with phonetic 尔 (ěr, you) on the right.
- Pinyin
- nǐ
- Sino-Vietnamese
- Nhĩ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻
- IDS Structure
- ⿰亻尔
- Traditional
- 你
你 Stroke-by-Stroke Trajectory (7 Steps)
Customize 你 in Worksheet Generator →你1 撇 Piě
你1 (31,9)→(7,52)
你2 竖 Shù
你2 (27,33)→(25,84)
你3 竖 Shù
你3 (54,7)→(40,46)
你4 折 Zhé
你4 (50,36)→(73,43)
你5 竖 Shù
你5 (57,43)→(48,80)
你6 竖 Shù
你6 (44,57)→(39,73)
你7 捺 Nà
你7 (72,56)→(86,73)
Origin & Structural Decomposition (你 = ⿰亻尔)
Left-right compound combining person 亻 on the left with phonetic 尔 (ěr, you) on the right.
⿰亻尔 → 亻 + 尔 (⿰)
Calligraphy Proportion & Grid Coaching for 你
Keep the left 亻 narrow inside the left third of the box; in the right-hand 尔, anchor the bottom 小 directly under the top hook using Rule 7 (Center Vertical-Hook first, then Left dot and Right dot).
Common Stroke Order Pitfall for 你
Do not connect the top-right hook (横钩) directly into the bottom vertical hook; they are separate top and bottom layers of 尔.
Essential HSK Compound Words with 你
you (plural)
hello
mini; compact (loanword)
your; yours
striving to overtake each other
polite form Nín (with heart 心 base)
Example Sentences Using 你 (nǐ)
你今天写了多少个新汉字？
Nǐ jīntiān xiě le duōshao gè xīn Hànzì?
How many new Chinese characters did you write today?
祝你和你的家人身体健康。
Zhù nǐ hé nǐ de jiārén shēntǐ jiànkāng.
Wishing you and your family good health.
如果在长辈面前说话，通常把你改成敬辞您。
Rúguǒ zài zhǎngbèi miànqián shuōhuà, tōngcháng bǎ nǐ gǎichéng jìngcí nín.
When speaking to elders, people usually replace informal Nǐ with the respectful pronoun Nín.