Cursive j

Stroke order

1. 1Start at the midline and slant straight down through the baseline to the descender line.
2. 2Loop back to the left and come up to cross the stem at the baseline.
3. 3Curve out to the right from the crossing.
4. 4Once the word is finished, add the dot.

Where it joins

In a word the stroke from the letter before rises to a point at the midline first, as for i. The loop crosses at the baseline and runs on into the next letter, as in “jam”.

Mixed up with

Print j ends in an open hook below the line; cursive j closes it into a full loop, like g and y. It starts and is dotted like i.

• ii
• gg
• yy

Practise with

jamjumpjarjuicejam · jump · jar · juice

Print a practice sheet for j →Capital J