<p>I feel like <a href="https://github.com/skishore/makemeahanzi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Make Me a Hanzi</a> would be a good fit.</p>
<p>It contains beautiful vector graphics for Chinese characters, and it's free and open source (<a href="https://github.com/skishore/makemeahanzi/blob/master/COPYING" rel="nofollow noreferrer">license</a>).  <a href="https://hanziwriter.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hanzi Writer</a>, for example, utilizes this database; see the <a href="https://hanziwriter.org/demo.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">demo page</a>.</p>
<p>I've used characters from Make Me a Hanzi, and converted them to tikz where I can edit them manually and use them in LaTeX documents, like this:</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8P3Opm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8P3Opm.png" alt="breakdown of the character 鲨" /></a></p>
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Waw, this ressource is an absolute treasure. But, in order to print the ductus, does Make Me a Hanzi give a step-by-step image instead of animation? Or, at least a number on each stroke indicating the order? I am only able to generate animation with the demo.
fauve
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Becky 李蓓
<p>Check out <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/14101/stroke-order-database">this old thread</a> here on chinese.stackexchange</p>
<p>Looks like you need a json database with the strokes for each character. If you can find such a database, then drawing the strokes one after the other shouldn't be too hard.</p>
<p>Then, in a webpage use javascript. If you don't want web-based output, maybe use Python PIL or cv2.</p>
<p>Personally, I just look on the web, for example <a href="https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E6%97%A5&amp;ptype=zici" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> if I want to see the stroke order.</p>
<p>After a while, you get the hang of the stroke order for most characters, even if the particular character is new to you.</p>
<p>But I probably would not pass the Imperial Exam for Writing Chinese!</p>

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Pedroski
<p>Is theire any ressource (font, software) who give <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductus_(linguistics)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ductus</a> for a given character with both the strokes order and the way each stroke should be drawn?</p>
<p>I search it to make my own writing paper depending of the new symbols I learn.</p>
<p>So, the my goal is to make a little software (script) witch I give a symbol and it output a writing page. That’s why website is not really useful…</p>
<p>In bonus, if their is any free|open source software for this it would be great.</p>

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Resource to find ductus of a symbol
# Resource to find ductus of a symbol

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-30)

Is theire any ressource (font, software) who give [ductus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductus_(linguistics)) for a given character with both the strokes order and the way each stroke should be drawn?

I search it to make my own writing paper depending of the new symbols I learn.

So, the my goal is to make a little software (script) witch I give a symbol and it output a writing page. That’s why website is not really useful…

In bonus, if their is any free|open source software for this it would be great.

**Tags:** software, fonts, stroke-order

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-30. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I feel like [Make Me a Hanzi](https://github.com/skishore/makemeahanzi) would be a good fit.

It contains beautiful vector graphics for Chinese characters, and it's free and open source ([license](https://github.com/skishore/makemeahanzi/blob/master/COPYING)). [Hanzi Writer](https://hanziwriter.org/), for example, utilizes this database; see the [demo page](https://hanziwriter.org/demo.html).

I've used characters from Make Me a Hanzi, and converted them to tikz where I can edit them manually and use them in LaTeX documents, like this:

> [![breakdown of the character 鲨](https://i.sstatic.net/8P3Opm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8P3Opm.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Waw, this ressource is an absolute treasure. But, in order to print the ductus, does Make Me a Hanzi give a step-by-step image instead of animation? Or, at least a number on each stroke indicating the order? I am only able to generate animation with the demo.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-11-30. Score: 0

Check out [this old thread](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/14101/stroke-order-database) here on chinese.stackexchange

Looks like you need a json database with the strokes for each character. If you can find such a database, then drawing the strokes one after the other shouldn't be too hard.

Then, in a webpage use javascript. If you don't want web-based output, maybe use Python PIL or cv2.

Personally, I just look on the web, for example [here](https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E6%97%A5&ptype=zici) if I want to see the stroke order.

After a while, you get the hang of the stroke order for most characters, even if the particular character is new to you.

But I probably would not pass the Imperial Exam for Writing Chinese!


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