Abstract: To extract strokes of Chinese characters from it’s contour,the key lies in seeking the intersection points of intersecting strokes．An algorithm used in separating strokes was proposed based on extracting contour of Chinese chara-cter picture and detecting the feature points．At last the algorithm was implemented by VC program．Test result shows the algorithm is effective in extraction of strokes of printed Chinese characters and handwritten Chinese characters without script strokes.

Key words: Strokes separation,Contour extraction,Feature point,Concave,Contour tracking