mafried Wrote:

Musashi Wrote:Imagine this scenario:
You are learning target language X which uses ABC as a script. Well you knowing how to write your ABC hasn't proved to to be a problem, I mean you have used it all your life, till you find out the people in country X write the letter 'S' in reverse. Would you honestly write the 'S' in reverse too when using language X? I don't think so.

IES‧I‧CAN‧SEE‧NOVV‧THAT‧IOV‧ARE‧RIGHT‧
IT‧VVOVLD‧BE‧CRASI‧TO‧REQVIRE‧PEOPLE‧TO‧
LEARN‧THE‧VVRITING‧CONVENTIONS‧OF‧
ANOTHER‧CVLTVRE‧IN‧ORDER‧TO‧COMMVNICATE‧
VVITH‧THEM‧ THE‧ORIGINAL‧SCRIPT‧IS‧
SVFFICIENT‧SO‧VVHI‧BOTHER‧

WAT‧IES‧THAT‧YU‧ARR‧RITING? MI‧DONT‧VNDERSTAND

As always Musashi, I am glad that you have a sense of humor

I often look up the stroke order on http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...3?OpenForm . In doing so I've noticed subtle differences between the appearance of the kanji displayed in the middle box and the first box and the kanji in the book, respectively.

For instance, in some cases tree is drawn with a hook at the bottom or in 花 and 貨 the second stroke of spoon cuts through the first one as opposed to Heisig's explanation in frame 444. The chop-seal of 領 is written as if there is an element beneath; maybe because of the left animal leg of head.

Do such differences matter and what shapes are preferable? Why are some kanji not found on yamasa.cc? For example 辻. By the way, why has the road primitive an additional stroke?