lokki Posted November 12, 2008 at 09:30 AM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 09:30 AM I came across this when I was having a closer look at the characters for 纽约 New York. I wasn't sure about the stroke order of 丑 which appears there as the right-hand part of 纽. I usually consult the following website for stroke orders: http://www.chinese-learner.com/write-chinese/write-chinese-stroke-order-dictionary.php ... and it gave the following order for 丑 (and 纽) : 1: upper-horizontal-right-hand-vertical stroke 2: left-hand-vertical stroke 3: middle-horizontal stroke 4: bottom-horizontal stroke I thought it felt funny somehow to write 2 before 3, and checked with a software I have (Pablo), and sure enough, there 2 and 3 were the other way around. To me it looks like the website is wrong. Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted November 12, 2008 at 10:26 AM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 10:26 AM To me it looks like the website is wrong. Can anyone confirm this? I don't think so. Due to different ways of seeing how the character comes about, there are variations in the stroke-order for the character. Take the variation which feels more natural to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_flagg Posted November 12, 2008 at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 01:22 PM Thanks for pointing that out! Turns out I've been writing this character wrong all along, just feels better that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
querido Posted November 12, 2008 at 03:10 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 03:10 PM Wenlin agrees with the order as numbered by the original poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted November 12, 2008 at 06:25 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 06:25 PM I'd also write it 1-3-2-4, it feels more natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 12, 2008 at 07:13 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 07:13 PM I agree with chinese-learner.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danmairen Posted November 12, 2008 at 07:44 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 07:44 PM As I see it, the character is finished with 土, so the middle horizontal stroke should be written before the vertical, and the webside is wrong:roll: Rune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrPetersen Posted November 12, 2008 at 08:39 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 08:39 PM I write it in the same order as in 五. (almost - I break stroke number 3 up in to 2 strokes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 12, 2008 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 at 09:45 PM Are you extending the middle horizontal stroke past the first stroke? By the way, I prefer this site's stroke order, which matches chinese-learner.com for 丑. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 13, 2008 at 12:01 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 at 12:01 AM For me the order listed in post #1 (which is the same as in Hofmann's posts) is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevelyan Posted November 14, 2008 at 10:26 AM Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 at 10:26 AM I don't think it really matters as long as the character gets written, but I was also taught the order according in the original post #1, with the order of precedence generally being top to bottom, left to right. 无 is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokki Posted November 14, 2008 at 03:10 PM Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 at 03:10 PM I was also taught the order according in the original post #1, with the order of precedence generally being top to bottom, left to right. 无 is the same. This really confuses me. When you say that 无 is the same as post #1, are you saying that you write the (left-slanting) vertical stroke of 无 _before_ the middle horizontal one, in the same way that the vertical comes before horizontal of 丑 in the original post? Both the softwares mentioned above certainly disagree with that stroke order for 无. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommi Posted November 15, 2008 at 11:25 AM Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 at 11:25 AM I agree with this sites order: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/popup_animation_strokes.php?uvd=19985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 15, 2008 at 06:56 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 at 06:56 PM More like 冄 in 那 and less like 无 I find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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