Cursive Words

Laugh in Cursive

The word laugh in cursive: stroke-by-stroke animation, letter joins, a trace check, and a free printable worksheet.

laugh starts with the letter l, 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 laugh worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

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

How to write laugh in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through l-a-u-g-h, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 1Pencil lifts: 0Letters: 5

Keep a and u small — they live between the baseline and the midline. Let l and h climb toward the topline. g dips under the baseline before swinging back up.

How the letters in laugh connect

3 of laugh's 4 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is g-h, where g ends on an overcurve that carries into the undercurve opening of h.

The letters in laugh

Shaky on l, a, and u or any of the others? Open the letter's own guide below for its stroke order, joins, and practice sheet.

Trace laugh 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 laugh cursive worksheet

Take laugh to pencil and paper — the free printable worksheet has dashed models to trace, green starting dots for guided writing, a model to copy, and open writing lines to finish.

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Frequently asked questions

Watch it drawn first, then trace it: laugh 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 — laugh is a single unbroken stroke from start to finish.

laugh uses 5 letters: l, a, u, g, and h. Keep a and u small — they live between the baseline and the midline. Let l and h climb toward the topline. g dips under the baseline before swinging back up.

3 of laugh's 4 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is g-h, where g ends on an overcurve that carries into the undercurve opening of h.

laugh starts with the letter l, 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 laugh 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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