About the stroke order of Japanese characters, that is, rules about which strokes are drawn in which sequence and in which direction.
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Why is stroke order important?
While I understand that stroke order is important, I do not understand why it is important. If the final product would like the same, why does it matter? I don't have an issue following stroke order. ...
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Is it acceptable in Japanese to write kanji characters in the Chinese style?
In Japanese, is it acceptable to write kanji letters in the Chinese style? For example, is it acceptable to write 田 with the 3rd and 4th strokes swapped, or 着 with the 6th and 7th strokes combined?
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Stroke order for han-dakuten
Is there one? Or does it even matter? I personally start at the top and go clockwise. Just curious.
Update: I realized the other day that the reason I start at the 12-o'clock position and go ...
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Why is the stroke order of も peculiar?
In most hiragana the horizonal stokes are drawn first, but も is an exception. Is there any reason for this?
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Stroke order for left and right
Why are the stroke orders for 右 and 左 different?
右 starts with the vertical stroke, and 左 starts with the horizontal one.
