23 Feb, 2014
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How come hidari has different steoke order than migi?
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21 Jul, 2012
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Sydney, Australia
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I read somewhere that the reason for this is that stroke orders tend to go in a pattern of horizontal, vertical, horizontal and so on. So because the third stroke in 右 is vertical, and the third stroke for 左 is horizontal, the first two strokes end up in a different order between the two kanji.
I don't know how true that is, but its a good way of remembering the correct order.
26 Apr, 2017
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Flint that seems a good tip at least for remembering, I also read that many kanji got simplefied in modern times and thats why the stroke order seems weird, maybe that is the reason.
11 Jun, 2021
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Thought i'd just leave a message since its been 4 years since the last one.
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