davoosh Posted August 29, 2013 at 11:13 AM Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 at 11:13 AM Hello, I have recently been confused by the stroke order of the grass radical, especially in traditional characters. I first learnt to write it the 'hong kong' way, which is to say 'down stroke+horiztonal, down stroke+horizontal.' I then checked the Taiwanese order, and it seems to be 'down stroke+vertical, but then horizontal+down stroke'. Which variant is more commonly used? (When I write fast, I tend to just use the simplified stroke order and I'm sure many people do the same, but I was just wondering out of curiosity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted August 30, 2013 at 08:05 AM Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 at 08:05 AM If you want common, it's merging them into horizontal, vertical, vertical. If you want correct, vertical, horizontal, horizontal, vertical (video). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davoosh Posted August 30, 2013 at 09:19 AM Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 at 09:19 AM Thanks, very interesting. I've seen a variation where on the second 'horizontal+vertical' part, the horizontal stroke extends through the vertical stroke. Is this also correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted August 31, 2013 at 01:53 AM Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 at 01:53 AM Of course. This family (田蘊章, 田英章, 田雪松) just doesn't think it matters whether it looks like 艹 or 卝 (as in 茍, 夢, 雚). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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