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舞 - 15画? - vinniram - 2010-07-18
Heisig says that 舞 has 15画, but I've written it out and I only count 14画. I write the "monocle" part of the "sunglasses" primitive in three strokes, which is the only part I was considering I could have been writing incorrectly, but I looked it up on 黄橋 and the way I was writing it is correct. Thanks if you can tell me whether the kanji is 14 or 15画.
舞 - 15画? - Fishface - 2010-07-18
15: http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/SortedByKanji2THEnglish/舞?OpenDocument
舞 - 15画? - oregum - 2010-07-18
Definitely 15
http://kanji.sljfaq.org/kanjivg/makepng-noscript.cgi?kanji=%E8%88%9E&s=3&l=3
舞 - 15画? - vinniram - 2010-07-18
ah okay. I was just confused because on yellowbridge(http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-stroke-order.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E8%88%9B) it said the "sunglasses" primitive is six strokes not seven. Also on wikitionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E) it said that 舞 is 14画.
I think maybe in Chinese, the "sunglasses" primitive is six strokes, but in Japanese it is seven.
舞 - 15画? - oregum - 2010-07-18
Yeah. You'll run into this problem a lot with 叫 (4-looking-radical). In some kanji its written with 3 strokes, in others with 2.
I always use 3, and don't really worry about it. Never had a problem with input in electronic dictionaries with 3.
舞 - 15画? - JimmySeal - 2010-07-18
You'll notice on the Wiki page you posted that it alternates between two different versions of the character, one with 14 strokes and one with 15. Apparently the 14-stroke one is the Chinese variant.