1.3. KANJI 23
angled strokesstroke drawing order examples
㇄ top to boĴom, then left to right, as one stroke 兦,
㇅ left to right, then top to boĴom, then left to right
㇇ left to right, then a hook curving down left
㇆ left to right, then top to boĴom with a serif to the upper left ,
Í left to right, then top to boĴom
top to boĴom, then left to right with a serif upward at the end
top left to right, then down right with an upward serif at the end ,丮multi-angled strokesstroke drawing order examples
㇉ top to boĴom, then the same as above, as one stroke 丂
㇈ top left to right, then like
㇋ top left to right, top to boĴom, left to right, then curving down left ,
㇌ a connected stroke consisting of㇇and㇁When kanji are composed of multiple strokes (which is virtually all
kanji), several compositional rules apply:
- Strokes that do not intersect each other, follow each other in a top to
boĴom, left to right fashion. - Kanji used to form complex kanji also follow this rule. So乴wriĴen
first as , which is first , then , and then gets underneat that. - When strokes intersect, the following rules apply:
(a) For a vertical/horizontal intersection where the vertical stroke
does not protrude at the boĴom, such as in , draw the top
horizontal first, then the vertical (forming ), then the rest.
(b)For a vertical/horizontal intersection where the vertical stroke
does protrude at the boĴom, such as in , or , draw all
horizontals first, and finally the vertical.
(c) For crossed strokes such as in or , the stroke that runs
upper-right to lower-left is drawn first.