How to write 生日快樂

Traditional Chineseshēngrì kuàilèhappy birthday4 characters · 31 strokes

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生日快樂 (shēngrì kuàilè) means “happy birthday”. It is written with 4 characters and 31 strokes: 生 (shēng, life, be born), 日 (rì, sun, day), 快 (kuài, fast, happy) and 樂 (lè, happy). This is the traditional form; in simplified Chinese it is 生日快乐.

Write the characters left to right. Within each, the red stroke is the next one and the dot shows where it starts.

1. 生 shēng · life, be born · 5 strokes

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2. 日 rì · sun, day · 4 strokes

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3. 快 kuài · fast, happy · 7 strokes

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4. 樂 lè · happy · 15 strokes

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