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How to write lowercase q in cursive (joined handwriting)

In joined (cursive) handwriting, q is written in one stroke. Start on the red dot and keep going without lifting your pencil.

q in printq in semi-joined

The letter shape comes from the Playwrite font; numbers show where each stroke starts.
🖨️ Worksheet

Step by step

  1. Stroke 1: start at the middle line, on the right and go round anticlockwise.

q is a curly caterpillar letter: start at the top right and go round anticlockwise.

In joined (cursive) writing, q joins to the letters around it. Dots and crossbars are added after the whole word.