I've seen two different stroke orders for this character: and
Which one is more "correct" or widely used? It seems to me that
the fourth stroke in the latter picture is incorrect, and that
it ... For academic purposes, I need to print out some pages of
characters with stroke orders shown. Which computer fonts (e.g.
TrueType or OpenType) are available which show the stroke order
of each ... It seems various people often have various ways to
write the same characters. For instance, I have seen the radical
"忄" being written in three different ways (left, middle, right;
left, right, middle; ... I often see people having a big focus
on correct stroke order for writing Chinese characters. My
question is, for most learners, is it important to know the
stroke order, and if so, why is it ... A friend asked me for a
brief description of the general guidelines for writing Chinese
characters. What's the simplest way to describe those "rules"
that apply across most characters?