Keywords: 8 Strokes of Han Characters.svg created with Inkscape Vector version of 8 strokes of 永 png The Chinese character 永 yǒng meaning forever or permanence is often used to illustrate the 8 basic strokes of Chinese characters Visualisation of the 8 strokes in writing hanzi kanji kana hantu hanja characters The orders of each stroke used to write the above character is given but note that the character shown in fact has 5 strokes not 8 as shown- this is done to illustrate the 8 stroke orders A plus sign + indicates where this occurs for instance 5+ and +6 together made a single written stroke pen does not leave the paper but are made up of two of the 8 strokes 2010-02-12 22 41 8 strokes of 永 png 8 strokes of 永 png Yug derivative work Rhynyx original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images 8 strokes of 永 png licensed with Cc-by-sa-2 0 2008-09-26T14 07 45Z Sarang 625x500 49601 Bytes <nowiki> strokes numbered 8 strokes of 永 png ~~~~~ ~~~ </nowiki> 2007-05-31T17 33 40Z Yug 625x500 40528 Bytes <nowiki>new version with red-directional arrow </nowiki> 2006-05-09T18 02 41Z Yug 625x500 34290 Bytes <nowiki>Own work using Inkscape </nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX 永 085 1 s cc-by-4 0 CJK stroke order tools Calligraphy of East Asia |