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Originally Posted by robhol
I've had a lot of sources go on and on about the importance of stroke order when writing kanji. According to Heisig, the importance "cannot be overstated" and that just makes me wonder: how come? If you can write the kanji and it looks like it's supposed to, how and WHY does it matter what order you wrote it in?
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If you write out of order, your kanji will probably still be legible, but it will look funny. Odd angles and proportions. Sometimes that makes very similar looking kanji quite confusing. Also knowing the order can be important later on if you get an electronic dictionary. Mine only works efficiently if I use the correct stroke order.