1st
从上到下
cóng shàng dào xià
Top to bottom
2nd
从左到右
cóng zuǒ dào yòu
Left to right
3rd
先横后竖
xiān piē hòu nà
First horizontal, then vertical
4th
先撇后捺
xiān piē hòu nà)
First right-to-left diagonals, then left-to-right diagonals
5th
先中间后两边
xiān zhōngjiān hòu liǎngbiān
Center comes first in vertically symmetrical characters
6th
从外到内,先进后关
cóng wài dào nèi, xiān jìn hòu guān
Move from outside to inside and close frames last