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Comments for 左

[ひだり()]
hidari
noun, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. left; left hand side
Member Since
23 Feb, 2014
Number of Posts
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How come hidari has different steoke order than migi?

#1 Posted by Vogue over 10 years ago
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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.

#2 Posted by flint over 10 years ago
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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.

 

 

#3 Posted by youstolemylife over 6 years ago
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Thought i'd just leave a message since its been 4 years since the last one. 

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