How to write letter Q in print
Letter Q handwriting uses separate capital and small forms. The model’s lowercase q has a straight descending stem rather than g’s hook.
Letterform reference
Capital Q and small q
How to write Q
Start with a clear capital and small print form. Follow the ordered strokes, then copy the letter without tracing.
Learn the capital and small cursive Q →
Capital Q
- Draw a closed capital oval, starting at the top and traveling around the left side, bottom, and right side.
- Lift the pen and add the short diagonal tail from inside the lower-right part of the oval to just below the baseline.
Small q
- Draw the small oval on the left, returning to its right edge near the baseline.
- Lift the pen and draw a straight right-hand stem from x-height into the descender space; this model has no hook on the tail.
Watch for this: Putting the descender on the left makes the small q resemble p. Place the oval first, then extend its right-hand stem straight below the baseline.
Worksheet and print settings
Print at 100% (Actual size).
Letter shapes, words and corrections
Write capital Q
Close a tall oval, then add a short diagonal tail at the lower right.
Write lowercase q
Make a rounded bowl to the left of a straight right stem that descends below the baseline.
Keep the form distinct
Write p q together and check which side of the stem holds each bowl.
Practice q in words
Copy “quite” and “equal”, leaving each letter separate. Circle the clearest q in the row and use its body size for your next attempt.