Cursive Words

You in Cursive

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

you starts with the letter y, which opens on an overcurve, 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 you worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

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

How to write you in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through y-o-u, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
Strokes: 1Pencil lifts: 0Letters: 3

Size is what makes you readable: midline-height o and u and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

How the letters in you connect

1 of you's 2 joins leave the letter on an overcurve. The exception is o-u, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of u.

The letters in you

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

Trace you 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 you cursive worksheet

Print the free you in cursive worksheet to move from the screen to paper: trace you along the dashed models, write it starting from each green dot, copy it beside the model, then fill the blank writing lines on your own.

Need a different word? Make a worksheet for any word — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

1. Keep the pencil down through y-o-u, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.

Yes — you flows from the first letter to the last without a single pencil lift.

1 of you's 2 joins leave the letter on an overcurve. The exception is o-u, where o ends on a checkstroke that carries into the undercurve opening of u.

Size is what makes you readable: midline-height o and u and below-the-line y. Uneven heights are the most common mistake, so check each letter against its lines.

you starts with the letter y, which opens on an overcurve. Getting that first entry stroke right sets the slant for the whole word.

Practice writing you 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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