“笔画”常见的英文表达是 stroke，也可用 stroke of a Chinese character 来明确指代汉字的笔画。
This Chinese character has ten strokes.（这个汉字有十笔。）
To write this character correctly, you need to pay attention to the order and direction of each stroke.（要正确写出这个字，你得注意每一笔的顺序和方向。）