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jbradfor (Offline)
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05-25-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sakaeyellow View Post
But sometimes stroke order simply doesn't make sense.

For instance, when you write 十, you write the horizontal and then the vertical stroke, i.e. 一 and then l.

But when you write 田, after writing "n", you need to write the vertical stroke first, i.e. l > 7 > l > 一 > 一.
FWIW, in Chinese, the stroke order is horizontal then vertical for 田 : USC Chinese Group Character Project . Maybe you're just learning the wrong language?
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