Back Help How to use Character writing Start/Stop Animation Select Start/Stop Animation to watch a demonstration of how to write a character. Listen Select Listen to hear the pronunciation for a character. Stroke order Select Stroke Order to test your character writing and knowledge of stroke order. You can select the strokes one by one, in the order that you think is correct. The system will tell you if you make a mistake and you can then try again. If you need more help, go back to Start/Stop Animation and watch the character writing demonstration again. Radicals Select Radicals to identify the radical of a character. Cross Click on Cross to see the layout of a character on a grid. Direction Select Direction to identify the direction of an individual stroke. Index Click on Index to see how to write other characters in this lesson.