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04-17-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by alanX View Post
I think this is the only reason you would need to know stroke order.
If you want to be legible, you need to write in the correct stroke order. You also need to know stroke order to read other people's hand written kanji. Stroke order allows you to see the character, even if it isn't written clearly. Characters written out of stroke order look obviously gaijin.
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