Capital Q in cursive
- Start at the top and curve left and down around a large oval.
- Come up the right side and round the top until the oval is almost closed at the left.
- Cross the base with a small loop and finish in a tail to the lower right.
Cursive Q: Capital and Lowercase Q in Cursive
See capital Q and lowercase q in cursive. Capital Q is a large oval with a looped tail, and lowercase q starts like a but its lower loop swings forward, not back like g.
How to write Q in cursive
These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form Q differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Lowercase q in cursive
- Start at the midline and form a small closed oval, as in lowercase a.
- Retrace the right side and continue straight down below the baseline.
- Make a narrow loop that returns up to the baseline and exits to the right.
Common mistakes with cursive Q
- Swinging the lower loop of lowercase q to the left, which turns it into g.
- Switching between this oval capital Q and the number-2 style Q; both exist, so pick one.
- Leaving out the capital tail, which makes Q read as O.
Common cursive q connections
- qu
- qui
- que
- qua
- quo
Words that start with Q in cursive
- quiet
- queen
- quick
- question
Cursive Q copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive Q worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
Open the Q worksheet tool to change lines, size, and trace style →- Traditional school cursive font
- Three-line handwriting guides
- An empty practice line under every traced line