zhouhana Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:36 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:36 AM Newbie question! It seems to me that the horizontal part of 厂 may be written either from right to left (as is 反) or from left to right (as in 唇 床)? Am I right, or do any of my examples in fact not contain that stroke, but a similar one which is drawn in the other direction? How can I tell? Will I always be able to deduce the stroke direction if I look close enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamD Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:39 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:39 AM The top stroke is left-to-right if it's flat, and right-to-left if it rises slightly on the right. It's tricky to spot but the difference is usually visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouhana Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:42 AM Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:42 AM That's what I suspected. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:44 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:44 AM See for example these characters on a larger scale. On 厂 the top stroke is clearly horizontal, on 反 it is slightly angled. 厂 反 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:53 AM It is the difference between 橫 (horizontal) stroke (from left to right) and a 撇 (slanting/lower on the left) stroke (from right to left). Edit - I have edited this post, The left/right in the previous version were all wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:55 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 03:55 AM 反 will vary depending on the typeface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM 反 will vary depending on the typeface. Agreed. Here it looks horizontal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeut Posted November 2, 2011 at 04:36 PM Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 at 04:36 PM For stoke order of any character, see MDBG: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%8F%8D+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakura Posted November 3, 2011 at 05:55 AM Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 at 05:55 AM Stroke order is quite difficult for native chinese as well. For example: 冉、毋、火、臾, can everyone write in the right order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 3, 2011 at 03:50 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 at 03:50 PM lol...no. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/25/entry-168-newb-questions-that-never-get-good-answers-part-3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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