Category:Ancient Chinese characters by number of strokes

Example: 四 has three strokes in the seal script (the pen or carving tool can fully draw the rounded shape in one stroke), five in modern script (traditionally drawn with a brush, the rounded shape becomes three strokes).

English: This category is automatically fed by the {{ACClicense}}, using the |draw= parameter, which can specify the number of strokes needed to draw the character. Please note that the |strokes= parameter is now used for the official number of additional strokes. See the Strokes tutorial for more information. The purpose of this classification is to help identification of character components in ancient scripts. The characters that should be categorized are simple characters (not compound ones) that might be used as character elements in compound characters.

-stroke ancient Chinese characters holds the characters where the |draw= parameter is not used or has not been filled. If not empty, it should be reviewed to classify newly uploaded characters.
0-stroke ancient Chinese characters is used for compound characters or duplicates, or illegible characters, anyway those not needed or useless for component identification.
Other categories sort simple characters according to their strokes number.

Please note that the "strokes" are pen-drawn, not brush-drawn, and may bend or curve round or upward (which differs from the brush count). Please note that this strokes count may be approximative or erroneous : do not hesitate to search a character in a neighboring category, and feel free to correct the categorization if needed.