Letter 48 of 52
Lowercase x in Cursive
Write a clear lowercase x in cursive, with examples you can follow and a free printable practice sheet.
Practice sheets
Free printable lowercase x cursive worksheets for tracing, copying, and joining letters. A4 portrait · PDF.
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LETTER WORKSHEET · x
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A4
Practice lowercase x
Connections
Connect lowercase x
Cursive flows through the spaces between letters. Practice x with common next letters to make the transition feel smoother and more natural.
Letter guide
How to write lowercase x in cursive
Stroke by stroke
- Swing up and over from the baseline in a small hump that reaches the midline.
- Pull down to the baseline.
- Round off and rise into the exit for the next letter.
- After the word is finished, cross the downstroke with a short line from upper right to lower left.
Common mistakes
- Missing cross. Without the cross, x looks like n or the start of m. Cross it after the word.
- Cross too long. A long cross runs into nearby letters. Keep it within the x-height.
- Crossing mid-word. Stopping to cross x in the middle of a word breaks the flow. Cross it at the end, with the t’s.
Easy to confuse with
Lowercase x is confused with n, the printed x and a crossed t. The hump shape separates it from a t, and the cross separates it from n.
Joining to the next letter
Lowercase x exits low, so the next letter rises from the baseline. Xt needs a taller exit for the stem of t. Xp rises to the midline before the stem of p drops. Xi goes up to the short stroke of i, and xa swings right before turning into the oval.
Practice words
- boxbox
- sixsix
- nextnext
- extraextra
- taxitaxi
- excitedexcited
Questions about lowercase x
Is cursive x written in one stroke?
No. You write the hump with the word, then come back to cross it, the same way you cross a t.
Which way does the cross on cursive x go?
From upper right to lower left, across the middle of the downstroke.
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