Cursive Words

Hold in Cursive

How to write the word hold in cursive — watch it drawn, trace every stroke, and take the free worksheet to paper.

hold starts with the letter h, which opens on an undercurve, and the whole word takes 1 stroke without lifting the pencil. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free hold worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

hold written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write hold in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through h-o-l-d, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 1Pencil lifts: 0Letters: 4

h, l, and d are tall letters that reach toward the topline. o stays between the baseline and the midline.

How the letters in hold connect

2 of hold's 3 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-l, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of l.

The letters in hold

hold is only as good as its letters. Each card links to the full guide — animation, joins, quiz, and worksheet — for that letter.

Trace hold in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the word.

Free printable hold cursive worksheet

The free printable hold worksheet follows the same order as this page: a trace row with dashed models, a green-dot row to start each attempt, a copy row beside a solid model, and blank lines to fill on your own.

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Frequently asked questions

Watch it drawn first, then trace it: hold is 1 stroke without lifting the pencil, so learn where each stroke begins before writing freely. The worksheet on this page follows that exact trace-copy-practice order.

None — hold is a single unbroken stroke from start to finish.

hold uses 4 letters: h, o, l, and d. h, l, and d are tall letters that reach toward the topline. o stays between the baseline and the midline.

2 of hold's 3 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is o-l, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of l.

hold starts with the letter h, which opens on an undercurve. Start there every time — the entry stroke is what the trace check on this page listens for first.

Practice writing hold with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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